Egyptian journalist dies at 71

Egyptian writer and journalist Mustafa Bahjat Badawi died on Friday at dawn at ( 71 year old) following a sudden heart attack.

The deceased occupied several posts in Egypt including the presidency of the board administration of "Dar al-Tahrir editing house" and the editing department of al-Joumhoreyah daily between 1965- 1975 and then the board of the board of Daar al-Hilal establishment in 1967 and then he moved to al-Ahram paper where he worked until his death.