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" Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Paniconi, Maria Elena
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English
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1063311
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ALei3708
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Paniconi, Maria Elena
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Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Paniconi, Maria Elena
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(2,398 words)
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Ṭāhā Ḥusayn (1889–1973) was a leading figure in the Nahḍa, the Egyptian and Arabic literary revival. He wrote critical and political essays, was a historian, polemicist, translator, and newspaper editor, and served as minister of education in the last Wafdist government (1950–2). His vast, diverse, and sometimes controversial intellectual production earned him the unofficial title of “Dean of Arabic Letters.” His writings generally express a progressive conception of history and a pedagogical view of literature. 1. Education Ṭāhā Ḥusayn belonged to a generation of Egyptian intellectuals who benefited
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Islam.
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ALei3708.pdf
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