political leanings of Egyptian authors according to Mustapha Byumi:
Marxists cut off from communists:
- Fikri al-Khouli
- Sharif al-Hatata
- Rafa’t al-sa’id
- Kamal al-qalash
- ‘Ali al-Shubashi
- ‘Abd al-Hakim Qasim
- Ru’uf Mas’ad
- Sonallah Ibrahim
- Muhammad al-Wardani
- Ibrahim ‘Abd al-Halim
- Zakariya al-Hajawi
- Muhammad Sidqi
Those part of political groups at one time but broke away keeping their sympathy and political leanings
- Yusuf Idris
- Gamal al-Ghitani
- Ibrahim ‘Abd al-Majid
Non-Marxist progressive thinkers and writers
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Louis Awad
- Fathy Ghanim
- Baha’ Tahir
- Gamil ‘Atiya Ibrahim
- ‘Alla’ al-Deeb
- Usama Anur ‘Akasha
- Hussein ‘Abd al-‘Alim
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