My Brother Yasser Rizk Passed Away

Today, my brother, friend and colleague Yasser Rizk passed away, I can't imagine that iam mourning his death. I knew him since he was young, inside the corridors of Akhbar Al-Youm. He came with his father, the great journalist and writer Fathi Rizk, he was a brother and son to everyone. He studied and learnt journalism by the well-known journalists of Akhbar Al-Youm. Throughout his life, he was for me a close brother, friend and colleague who is distinguished by his morals, great culture and strong love for his country. He was with me at the youth forum and returned back from the forum to sign his book: (The Years of Khamaseen: Between the Anger in January and Salvation in June), which talks about the incidents during a period that is the most difficult in the modern history of Egypt from the outbreak of the January 25, 2011 revolution until the June 30, 2013 revolution. The book includes Information and positions revealed for the first time and narrated by an eyewitness thanks to his journalistic work, and his close links with decision-making circles. It is the first part of a trilogy about the Second Republic as he intended to write about that dangerous period in the history of Egypt.

I knew that he had been sick for a long time, but his love for life made him resist the disease, and this resistance was the factor that motivated him to continue, succeed and overcome his diseases. My daughter and little sister, Amani Dargham, his wife is a long love story. I hope that God will grant her patience and i wish that she feels that we are always with her, as her family.

My brother Yasser Rizk passed away.. I can't find the words the could describe my feelings but death is difficult, especially for a dear brother and friend such as Yasser Rizk.

Rizk.. was a model for a prominent journalist and a decent man.. Jealous of his career and lover of it. He loved everyone. Positions did not change him. Throughout his life, he was as a son, a friend and a brother to all. He served everyone and saw that the problem of any colleague was his personal problem that must be solved.

My biggest problem is that my tears are petrified in my eyes and I can't even express my feelings.

His death was a shock that no one had imagined.

May God have mercy on the soul of our deceased Yasser Rizk