Mustafa Haikal

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Mustafa Haikal (* 1958 in Leipzig ) is a German historian and author . His publications deal mainly with cultural-historical topics, he also writes children's books and contributions for the radio.

Life

Haikal was born in Leipzig in 1958. His mother is a German journalist, his father an Egyptian lawyer. He studied history in Leipzig , Berlin and Moscow and received his doctorate in 1987. Until 1992 he worked as a research assistant at the University of Leipzig.

In several of his writings, Haikal deals with the history of the zoological gardens and with commercial enterprises such as the consumer cooperative Leipzig or Hugo and Alfred Schneider AG (HASAG) . His book Der Kamellienwald, now in its third edition . The story of a German nursery is about the Saxon gardening dynasty Seidel and the cultural history of the camellias . He is particularly interested in the cultural history of the great apes .

Works (selection)

  • Sorcerers. Faber & Faber, Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-928660-24-1 .
  • Leipzig for children. A city detective. Thom, Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-9803346-2-7 .
  • The camellia forest. The story of a German nursery. Kiepenheuer, Leipzig 2000; 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Sandstein, Dresden 2010, ISBN 978-3-942422-17-8
  • On the trail of the lion. 125 years of Leipzig Zoo. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-936508-95-X .
  • with Jörg Junhold : Be careful, lion! Humorous from the Leipzig Zoo. Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936618-49-6 .
  • with Jörg Junhold: The lion factory. CVs and legends. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-936508-15-1 .
  • The secret of the camellia. Sandstein, Dresden 2008, ISBN 978-3-940319-26-5 .
  • Good business. The history of the Leipzig consumer cooperative. Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-86730-084-1 .
  • with Winfried Gensch: The song of the orangutan - 150 years of Dresden Zoo. Edition Sächsische Zeitung, Dresden 2011, ISBN 978-3-938325-85-8 .
  • with Thomas Nabert : Congress Hall Leipzig. The checkered history of a traditional society house. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-936508-68-0 .
  • Master Pongo. A gorilla conquers Europe. Transit, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-88747-285-6 .
  • with Peter Leonhardt: The New Town Hall in Leipzig. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-86583-893-3 .
  • Eerie closeness. Great apes as a European sensation. Passage, Leipzig 2016, ISBN 978-3-95415-051-9 .
  • About the beauty and suffering of horses. The Special Relationship Between Man and Horse: History of Equine Science and Achievements in Veterinary Medicine since the 16th Century. wbg Theiss in Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2020, ISBN 978-3-80624-118-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Mustafa Haikal. (No longer available online.) Transit Buchverlag , archived from the original on February 21, 2014 ; Retrieved February 18, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.transit-verlag.de
personal data
SURNAME Haikal, Mustafa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haikal, Moustapha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig , Germany