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20th-century Egyptian writers

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Sayyid Qutb
Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966)
Huda Sha'rawi
Egyptian feminist and nationalist (1879–1947)
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
117th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church (1923–2012)
Doria Shafik
Egyptian activist (1908–1975)
Tawfiq al-Hakim
Egyptian writer (1898-1987)
Qasim Amin
Egyptian writer, judge and social reformer (1863–1908)
Aisha Abd al-Rahman
Egyptian author and professor of literature (1913-1998)
Salama Musa
Egyptian newspaper editor (1887–1958)
Latifa al-Zayyat
Egyptian activist and writer (1923–1996)
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Egyptian diplomat and politician (1893–1976)
Mustafa Mahmoud
Egyptian scientist and Muslm and author (1921–2009)
Mahmud Taymur
Egyptian writer (1894–1973)
Bahaa Taher
Egyptian writer (1935 – 2022)
Ahmad Amin
Egyptian historian and writer (1886–1954)
Yaqub Sanu
Egyptian journalist, dramatist, and political agitator
Amīnah al-Saʿīd
Egyptian journalist and women's rights activist
Munira Thabit
Egyptian journalist and writer
Ahmed Hassanein Pasha
Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (1889–1946)
Tawfik Hamid
Egyptian author
Anis Mansour
Egyptian writer (1924–2011)
Edwar al-Kharrat
Egyptian novelist, writer and critic (1926–2015)
Henri Curiel
Jewish-Egyptian communist (1914-1978)
Jehane Ragai
Egyptian chemist
Yahya Haqqi
Egyptian writer (1905–1992)
Aḥmad Ḥasan al-Zayyāt
Egyptian teacher, scholar, and publisher
Hani Shukrallah
Egyptian journalist
Mahmoud Zakzouk
Egyptian academic (1933-2020)
Amin Howeidi
Egyptian military officer, author and defense minister (1921–2009)
Somaya Ramadan
Egyptian academic, translator and writer.
Alexandra Avierino
Lebanese journalist and poet
Asmaa El-Bakri
Egyptian film director
Yahya Taher Abdullah
writer (1938–1981)
Sherif Hatata
Egyptian doctor, author and communist activist
George Bahgoury
Egyptian French painter
Kamal el-Mallakh
Egyptian archaeologist (1918–1987)
Murād Wahbah
Egyptian writer
Yusuf al-Qaid
Egyptian writer
Muhammad Uthman Jalal
Egyptian writer and translator
Ismail Adham
Egyptian writer (1911-1940)
Kadria Hussein
Egyptian royal and writer (1988–1955)
Mohamed Mansi Qandil
writer
Badr al-Dīn Abū Ghāzī
Egyptian art critic and politician (1920–1982)
Moawad GadElrab
Egyptian author