Abdullah Hussein: A lawyer, journalist, and historian with many historical, literary, political, and social works.

Abdullah Hussein was born in Cairo Governorate to a rural family from Bani Adayat in Manfalut. When he was young, he joined a Quranic school, then continued his formal education at Victoria School, then the Islamic Charitable Society and Sheikh Saleh Abu Hadid schools. When he moved to middle school, he was always at the top of the list. He graduated from the Royal Law School (Faculty of Law at Fuad I University), and obtained a doctorate from the French Law School (Department of Political and Economic Sciences), and also obtained a diploma from the Institute of Italian Studies, and a diploma from the German Institute. Abdullah Hussein mastered several languages: French, English, Italian, and German.