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Taha Husain was born in 1892 in Cairo, Egypt. He studied at Al Azhar University in Cairo and then went on to study at the Sorbonne in Paris. He is considered the father of modern Arabic literature and his work is widely used as an introduction to Arabic language studies. Mahmoudi describes Husain's education and how it shaped his humanism and modernism.
Taha Husein is rightly regarded as the father of modern Arabic literature and his work is widely used as introductory texts for students of the language. In this highly original book, Dr Mahmoudi describes Husein's cultural and intellectual journey through his education in Egypt and France. Husein's humanism and modernism can be traced from his time at the al Azhar through his time in the influential circle of Ahmad Lutfi al-Sayyid to his famous study mission to France, where he witnessed the twilight of positivism. Taha Husein's Education will add to our understanding of this great Egyptian author and the contexts that shaped and informed his thought.
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