Prominent writer "Galal Amin" dies at 83

CAIRO – SEP 26 (SEE): Prominent economist and writer Galal Amin died on Tuesday at the age of 83 due to a short illness, as announced by his family.

Amin was born in 1935 and graduated from Cairo University in 1955 with a law degree, before traveling to Britain to continue his studies at the London School of Economics.

He returned to Egypt in the mid 1960s to teach at Ain Shams University, and later American University in Cairo.

Amin served as a member of the board of directors at Egyptian Economic Society from 1991 to 1994 as well as the Arab Society of Economic Research and the Egyptian Society for Human Rights since 1978.

"Whatever Happened to the Egyptians?"

Galal was best known for his books "Whatever Happened to the Egyptians?" 2000, "Whatever Else Happened to the Egyptians?" 2003, "Egypt in the Era of Hosni Mubarak 2011.

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In 2015, he was honoured with the Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts and Literature, which recognised his significant intellectual accomplishments.