This Palestinian-Jordanian expert on classical Arabic writing spent four years teaching at a college in Safed before earning his university degree at Cairo University in 1950. He later joined the famous cafe meetings of writer Naguib Mahfouz in Cairo through the 1950s and 1960s. Which book critic is being described?

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Ihsan Abbas. Ihsan Abbas (1920-2003) was one of the most respected Arab book critics and editors of the 20th century. He spent four years teaching at a college in Safed before earning his university degree at Cairo University in 1950, and joined Naguib Mahfouz's famous cafe meetings in Cairo through the 1950s and 1960s. He later spent much of his career at the American University of Beirut.