The Mansoura-born journalist was pronounced dead at El-Safa Hospital shortly after being admitted to an intensive care facility suffering from pneumonia on Friday. Mansour graduated from the philosophy section of the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University. He wrote travelogues including “A Stranger in a Strange Land,” “Yemen Is the Unknown,” “You Are in Japan and Other Countries,” and “Best Regards from Moscow.”
But he was best known for his novel Around the World in 200 Days and his daily column in Al-Ahram newspaper. His burial will be held on Saturday at the Omar Makram Mosque.
One of his most famous and successful books was Around the World in 200 Days. Published in the 1960s, it chronicled his travels in many countries, such as India, Japan and the US, and his meeting with the Dalai Lama.
