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The last nahdawi : Taha Hussein and institution building in Egypt /

Taha Hussein (1889-1973) is one of Egypt's most iconic figures. A graduate of al-Azhar, Egypt's oldest university, a civil servant and public intellectual and ultimately Egyptian Minister of Public Instruction, Hussein was central to key social and political developments in Egypt during th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahmed, Hussam R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā, > 1889-1973 > Political and social views.
Education ministers > Egypt > Biography.
Intellectuals > Egypt > Biography.
Education and state > Egypt > History > 20th century.
Egypt > Cultural policy > History > 20th century.
Egypt > Politics and government > 1919-1952.

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