"Heggy, Tarek"@en . . "Tarek Heggy"@en . . "Egyptian journalist" . . "1950Z"^^ . . "1950-10-12Z"^^ . . . . . "Tarek Heggy (Arabic: \u0637\u0627\u0631\u0642 \u062D\u062C\u0649\u200E, IPA: [\u02C8t\u02E4\u0251\u02D0\u027E\u02E4e\u0294 \u02C8\u0127e\u0261\u0261i]; born October 12, 1950) is an Egyptian liberal author, political thinker and international petroleum strategist. Heggy is one of Egypt\u2019s more prominent authors on the subject of Egypt\u2019s need for political reform. His extensive writings advocate the values of modernity, democracy, tolerance, and women's rights in the Middle East \u2013 advancing them as universal values essential to the region's progress."@en . . .