
Egyptian social scientist Samir Amin dies at 86
Egyptian/French thinker Samir Amin died on Sunday in Paris at 86. Born in Cairo in 1931 and educated at the Lycée Francais, Samir Amin gained a PhD in Political Economy in Paris in 1957, as well as degrees from the Institute de Statistiques and from the Institute d’Etudes Politiques. He then returned home where he …