ʻAbd al-Qādir, Muḥammad Zakī

Muhammad Zaki Abd al-Qadir (Arabic: محمد زكي عبد القادر, ALA-LC: Muḥammad Zakī ʻAbd al-Qādir; 1 January 1906 - 7 March 1981) was an Egyptian journalist and multi-topic writer. Although he graduated from Cairo University in law in 1928, he turned to journalism. One of the 100 founding members of the Syndicate of Journalists in 1941, collaborated with various Egyptian notable newspapers, such as Akhbār al-Yawm and Al-Ahram. Publicly known by "Nahw Al-Noor" (Towards the Light), a column he wrote in 1950s, which formed the core of his new-style journalism. He also wrote many books in literary and non-literary, fiction and non-fiction subjects and was elected a member of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo.