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Yahya Haqqi

Died in 1992

Yahya Haqqi was born in Cairo on 7 January 1905, into a family of Turkish origin. He studied law, until 1925, and practised as a lawyer in Alexandria according to Arab World Books. Having entered diplomacy in 1929, he served in Jeddah, Rome, Paris and Ankara, then was appointed ambassador to Libya in 1952. He later headed cultural services and the journal al-Majalla, from 1961 to 1971, before advising the National Library. He died in December 1992.

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