Sadeq Naihoum
{{short description|Libyan writer and journalist}}
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| name = Sadeq Al Naihoum
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| birth_date = 1937
| birth_place = Benghazi, Libya
| death_date = 15 November 1994
| death_place = Geneva, Switzerland
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Sadeq Al Naihoum (1937 – 15 November 1994) ({{langx|ar|الصادق النيهوم}}) was a Libyan writer and journalist.{{Cite web|title = Libya: Libyan writer Sadeq al-Naihoum|url = http://www.libyanet.com/sadeq599.htm|website = libyanet.com|accessdate = 2015-05-18}}
Early life and education
Career
Naihoum began writing in the newspaper Haqiqa Weekly in the 1960s, while he was studying and working in Helsinki. His socio-political articles raised much debate at the time, and until his death in Geneva in 1994. He was distinguished by his daring satire, and during the 1960s his articles were widely read. The subjects he wrote about continue to raise a lot of debate in the Arab cultural circles of today.{{cite web | url=http://alwasat.ly/news/opinions/350942?author=1 | title=النيهوم منثور الصحافة! | date=1 March 2022 | publisher=alwasat.ly | accessdate=4 April 2022 }}
Death
After suffering from lung cancer for two years, Naihoum died on 15 November 1994 in Geneva. He is buried in Benghazi.{{cite web |url=https://alarab.co.uk/%D9%85%D9%81%D9%87%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%83%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%88%D9%85 |title=The Meaning of the Sacred and the Enlightenment for Sadeq Naihoum |last=Abulhassan |first=Faycal |date=10 November 2019 |accessdate=4 April 2022 |website=alarab.co.uk |publisher=Al-Arab, Arab World Foundation for Press and Publication}}
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Category:20th-century Libyan writers
Category:20th-century journalists
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Switzerland
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