ISLA 210 Lecture Notes - Taha Hussein, Al-Azhar University, Old Cairo

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January 23, 2012: taha hussein: from azhar to university (guest lecturer- hussam. His autobiography was called al-ayyam and was in three volumes. Taha hussein (1889-1973), born in the south of egypt and went blind at the age of three. Began at the azhar and started attending the university. First egyptian to earn a phd from an egyptian university, which allowed him to go to france and earn a phd from the sorbonne. In 1930 he became the first egyptian dean of the faculty of arts, and eventually because the rector and then the minister of education. First egyptian to be nominated for the nobel prize in literature. Taha hussein said that the new generation of writers do not read the old arabic classics and don"t know foreign languages, so are unable to translate directly from original texts (accusatory of prominent intellectuals). He says he only pronounces such harsh judgements out of love for the new generation of writers.

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