ARB 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Al-Nahda, Typewriter, Arab Nationalism
13 May 2017
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Week 4: arb2102 annahda the arab renaissance. 1854: one antonious bachaalani who arrived in north america. 1867: founding of canada (the british north america act aka bna) 1882: canada opened door for immigrants from syria and lebanon, and within a few years their numbers grew to a few hundred. Meaning of annahda a cultural rebirth of the arabs that began in the 19th century in. Egypt, lebanon, and syria, and layer in other arabic-speaking regions. It is a period of intellectual modernization and reform. Three representatives of annahda: rifa"a el-tahtawi (1801 1873): A pioneering gure of the arab renaissance. A muslim clergy who went to paris in 1926. Wrote a book to describe paris in the most positive way: butrus al-bustani (1819-1893) He knew 9 languages and is considered the father of the arab renaissance. He wrote many books about literature, a dictionary, history, published magazines, and started a secular school with no religious af liation: ibrahim al-yaziji (1847-1906)
