Taha Husain's Education: From Al Azhar to the Sorbonne (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780700710270)

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.

Author: Abdelrashid Mahmoudi
ISBN-10: 0700710272
ISBN-13: 9780700710270
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 08/18/1998
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.62h x 5.82w x 1.03d