Yusuf al-Qa'id

Yusuf al-Qa'id
Born(1944-04-02)April 2, 1944
Al-Dahiriya, Beheira Governorate, Egypt
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • Essayist
  • Journalist
  • Politician
Notable works
  • War in the Land of Egypt (1978)

Yusuf al-Qa'id (Arabic: يوسف القعيد, romanized: Yūsuf al-Qaʿīd; born 2 April 1944) is a writer, novelist, and member of the Parliament of Egypt. He is best known for his novel War in the Land of Egypt. (Arabic: الحرب في برّ مصر, romanized: Al-Ḥarb fī Barr Miṣr; 1978),