Mohamed Hassanein Heikal

Pada 1983 Heikal menerbitkan beberapa buku: "Sphinx and Commissar", "Cutting the Lion's Tale: Suez Through Egyptian Eyes", "The Road to Ramadan" dan "Khareef Al-Ghadab" (Autumn of Fury), dimana ia menganalisis alasan-alasan dibalik pembunuhan Sadat dan kebangkitan politik Islam. Heikal telah menulis buku lainnya, termasuk: "Nasser: The Cairo Documents", "The Sphinx and the Commissar: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Influence in the Middle East", "The Cairo Documents: The Inside Story of Nasser and His Relationship with World Leaders, Rebels, and Statesmen", "Secret Channels: The Inside Story of Arab-Israeli Peace Negotiations", "Illusions of Triumph: An Arab View of The Gulf War", "Iran: The Untold Story", "The Return of the Ayatollah, The Iranian Revolution from Mossadeq to Khomeini", dan "October War". Heikal dikenal karena menggunakan kutipan terkenal, Tunangan itu cantik tapi ia menikah dengan pria lain, dalam buku 1996-nya "Secret Channels".