Taha Hussein (November 14, 1889—October 28, 1973) (Arabic: طه حسين ) (nicknamed "the dean of Arabic literature") was one of the most influential Egyptian writers and intellectuals. He was a figurehead for the modernist movement in Egypt.
Taha Hussein was born on November 14, 1889 in the village of Izbet el Kilo in Minya Governorate in central Upper Egypt. He contracted an eye infection as a child, and faulty treatment rendered him blind at he ag...
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Taha Hussein (November 14, 1889—October 28, 1973) (Arabic: طه حسين ) (nicknamed "the dean of Arabic literature") was one of the most influential Egyptian writers and intellectuals. He was a figurehead for the modernist movement in Egypt.
Taha Hussein was born on November 14, 1889 in the village of Izbet el Kilo in Minya Governorate in central Upper Egypt. He contracted an eye infection as a child, and faulty treatment rendered him blind at he age of six. He went to a kottab, and then was sent to Al-Azhar University, where he was educated in religion and Arabic literature. From his childhood days he was reluctant to engrave the traditional education in his heart. Hussein was the seventh of thirteen children, living in a lower-middle class family. He became blind at the age of three due to a faulty treatment by an unskilled practitioner and was dealt with a great deal of anguish throughout his entire life.
He met and married Suzanne Bresseau while attending the University of...
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