Husayn Fawzi Alnajjar

Husayn Fawzi Al Najjar (Arabic: دحسين فوزي النجار‎‎; 16 November 1918 – 10 December 2003) was an Egyptian Historian, Political Scientist, Strategist, and Islamic scholar who made major contributions to the fields of history, political science, and strategy of the Middle East, having written more than 55 books on the subjects above.

Husayn Fawzi Al-Najjar was born on November 16, 1918 in Egypt. He was graduated in 1940 from Fu'ad Al Awwal University (now Cairo University), where he studied History. That same year, he graduated from the Royal Military College - Reserve Forces. His class of graduates were the first from the Reserve Forces to become army officers, as this Reserve Force system had just been introduced. He also attended the Institute of Journalism and the Institute of Education at Fuad Al Awal University.

From 1941–1942, he embarked on a career as an army officer and saw active service in both World War II and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. (cite sources) From 1950 to 1954, he taught national history at the Royal Military College. In 1952, he played an active role in the Egyptian coup d’état. From 1954 to 1961, he undertook a diplomatic role and, on the recommendation of Defense Secretary Marshal Mohamed Ibrahim. He also became the Head of Media for the League of Arab States. He later became an adviser to the Ministry of Education.

In 1957, he completed his doctorate in journalism at Cairo University with first-class honors. At the same time he gained practical experience on the newspaper that had been founded by Ahmad Lutfi Al Sayyid, "Al Jarida." He was regarded as an authority on historical matters on this pioneering newspaper. He later wrote a well-known book, Lutfi al-Sayyid, the Teacher of a Generation (Lutfi al-Sayyid Ustadh al-Jil). He was a disciple of Ahmad Lutfi Al Sayyid and Muhammad Husayn Haykal, the latter recognizing the young Husayn Fawzi Al-Najjar as having the makings of an outstanding historian . Indeed, Haykal wrote the introduction to Husayn Fawzi Al Najjar's book "Policy And Strategy In The Middle East," (1950) regarding it as a pioneering work in that field. Al-Najjar was becoming a leading figure in the field of policy and strategy in the Middle East and was a Lecturer on those subjects in the Military Staff College until 1954.

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