Cairo authorities have backed off of demolishing the grave of novelist Taha Hussein, following a campaign launched by Al-Masry Al-Youm opposing the move. Hussein, who passed away on October 1973, was laid to rest in the family graves of the Khalifa area. Controversy erupted after information came to light that authorities planned to demolish the grave in order to expand a road. Hussein’s grand-daughter Maha Aoun confirmed that all signs indicate that the official move to tear down the grave has been rolled back. She added that she hopes that this will be a good gesture and that the author’s family be allowed to visit their cemeteries in peace, as it includes beside Hussein’s tomb several gra
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