The late famous author Bahaa Taher, who passed away last Thursday evening at the age of 87 at the Omar Makram Mosque in Tahrir Square, was condoled for by Dr. Nevin Al-Kilani, Minister of Culture.
The former Minister of Culture, journalist Helmy Al-Namnim, and author Dr.
Sahar Al-Muji, who was buried in the family tombs on the oasis route with the assistance of a number of intellectuals and artists, attended the great writer’s burial last Friday from the police mosque in Sheikh Zayed.
Bahaa Taher was born in Giza Governorate on January 13, 1935, he worked as a translator in the State Information Service between 1956 and 1957, and worked as a drama director and a broadcaster on the second program radio that was one of his founders until 1975 where he was prevented from writing. He left Egypt and went in Africa and Asia, where he worked as a translator, after being prevented from writing.
Between 1981 through 1995, he resided in Geneva and worked as a translator for the United Nations. After that, he moved back to Egypt, where he currently resides.
The novels My Aunt Safia, the Monastery, The Oasis of Sunset, and Love in Exile are some of Bahaa Taher’s most well-known works.
At the Omar Makram Mosque, the Minister of Culture expressed his condolences to the legendary author Bahaa Taher.
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