Mohammed Hussein Heikal (Arabic: محمد حسين هيكل) was an Egyptian writer, journalist, politician. He held several cabinet posts, including minister of education.
Many critics have considered the novel Zeinab, written by Heikal 1913, as the 'first modern Egyptian novel. However, some scholars have debated this, with Elliot Colla reaching a conclusion that this label had more to do with "the needs of national institutions such as the cinema, the Parliament, or Cairo University, at moments of formation or reformation than it does with the texts themselves." Colla went on to conclude that Zaynab became recognized as part of the national literary tradition not at the moment of its initial production but in subsequent circumstances of reception and reproduction tied to other non-literary significances.
علمانى بيتكلم عن علمانى فطبعا طالع بيه القلعه وبيقولك بقى ان شغل قاسم امين الشاغل كان تحرير المراه من رق الحجاب "نصا" قال كده الظريق بقى ان اللى وضحه فى الكتاب ده ان قاسم امين مش مجرد فكره لهدم الحجاب وانما مشروع كامل متكامل ممنهج للأنحلال تحت شعارات براقه لكن هذا لا يغنى عن قراه كتب قاسم امين نفسها