Hani Naqshabandi | |
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Born | 1963 Medina, Saudi Arabia |
Died | (aged 60) |
Nationality | Saudi |
Education | King Abdulaziz University |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and novelist |
Hani Naqshabandi (Arabic: هاني نقشبندي; 1963 – 24 September 2023) was a Saudi journalist, writer and novelist who had been included in several press positions, including editor-in-chief of Sayidaty Magazine and the Majalla political magazine, and co-founded The Man magazine.
Hani Ibrahim Naqshabandi, a Saudi journalist and writer, born in Medina in 1963, was a graduate of King Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah with a degree in international relations. Since 1984, Hani had been a media journalist, has worked in Saudi newspapers and edited the Arabic-language Sayidaty magazine and The Majalla magazine in London, and presented the television show "Hawar with Hani" on Dubai TV. In 2007, he was published in Beirut for the short novel Embezzlement. In a short period of time, although it was not published by some Arab countries, the novel was able to be reprinted in Arabic six times and was translated into Russian.[1]
Naqshabandi died on 24 September 2023, at the age of 60.[2]
Hani Naqshbandi appeared in the press and media and went on to the novel, where he published his first novel in early 2007 entitled Embezzlement and printed four editions so far. A novel that has provoked controversy and criticism. And a novel of peace in 2009. A television programme on Dubai TV, Hawar Hani, presented a socio-humanitarian political programme in which he discussed Arab issues on the ground. He recently wrote articles in several newspapers and websites. The novel provoked controversy and criticism. Salah Fadl said about him that Naqshbandi would play a role in the Saudi novel, such as that of the late writer Ihsan Abdul Quddous.