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The true promise Author's name: Taha Hussein On their way home, Abu Hudhayfah said to the young man: Woe to you, Ansi! I see in you contempt for our gods and turning away from them. Do you think you have not yet forgotten the...

On Pre-Islamic Poetry   Author: Taha Hussein "On Pre-Islamic Poetry" by the great author Taha Hussein, on the centenary of its publication, examines pre-Islamic poetry through the eyes of a researcher and philosopher, employing Descartes' method of doubt and tools of scientific, historical, and...

The future of culture in Egypt Author's name: Taha Hussein Taha Hussein realized, after the signing of the British-Egyptian Treaty in 1936 AD The dream of external independence and internal sovereignty was drawing near, and it became his duty, as a writer and thinker...

The true promise Author's name: Taha Hussein In this remarkable book, the Dean of Arabic Literature, Dr. Taha Hussein, recounts the lives of six of the finest companions of the Prophet Muhammad, who were among the first to defend the faith of God: Bilal...

The two sheikhs Author's name: Taha Hussein Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and Umar ibn al-Khattab, the two founding companions and caliphs who presented two models of the Rightly Guided Caliphate, set a difficult example for those caliphs who followed them. The Dean of Arabic Literature,...

Modern Literature: Its Pros and Cons After World War I and following the Egyptian Revolution of 1919, various forms of freedom emerged that the Arab nation had not known since the end of its bygone eras of prosperity. The first to race to achieve...

The School of Spouses Taha Hussein believed that a writer has a reformist and enlightening role in addition to their cultural responsibility towards society. Therefore, he wrote many articles and books in which he called for reforming some aspects of our society and developing...

Critique and Reform The messages of literature and reform were not separate from each other. Rather, Taha Hussein embraced them both, sometimes in parallel and sometimes intersecting, giving them the attention they deserved, which is clearly evident in this book. Taha Hussein, the discerning...

From a distant time and place, Taha Hussein addressed the people of his era, and his words continue to echo to this day. The book before us portrays Egyptian reality in the 1920s and 1930s, depicted by the "Dean of Arabic Literature" through a...

The life and characteristics of animals may seem strange and unlike those of humans and plants. However, if you look closely and reflect on them, you will find that they differ only in names and appearances; otherwise, they are a reflection of our own...

With Al-Ma'arri in His Prison Many books and studies have been written addressing various aspects of the life and philosophy of "Abul 'Ala al-Ma'arri." Scholars who have delved into his work have held conflicting opinions; he was sometimes judged as an atheist and at...

When Egypt signed the "Treaty of Honor and Independence" in 1936, Egyptians believed that their country was making steady progress towards building a modern state, and they set about drawing up plans for its advancement. Taha Hussein, from his position as a writer, thinker,...

The conditions of the Arabian Peninsula were ripe for the emergence of Islam; it was as if it awaited its newborn. The new religion quickly spread with unexpected speed, after its prophet suffered oppression and warfare. Taha Hussein delves into the stages the new...

Chapters in Literature and Criticism In addition to the exceptional literary talent of the great writer "Taha Hussein," he was also a distinguished literary critic and the founder of a unique and important school of literary criticism. This school viewed texts from an objective...

A true intellectual always feels a responsibility towards their nation and its issues. They work to present its problems, warn of their danger, and then propose necessary solutions to resolve them. This is precisely what the great writer "Taha Hussein" did throughout his life,...

The 20th century marked the beginning of a major literary renaissance, of which poetry was one of the most prominent features. Two Egyptian poets spearheaded this renaissance: Ahmed Shawqi, who became the Prince of Poets, and Hafez Ibrahim, who achieved a distinguished position among...

Parrots that "mimic, imitate, and believe themselves to be innovators and reformers"—this was the fate that the Dean of Arabic Literature did not wish for young Arab intellectuals, whom the vocabulary of modern civilization placed in a critical confrontation between looking back and moving...

There is no doubt that this book sparked such controversy that it came to be considered one of the most famous books of the twentieth century. In it, the author argued against the legitimacy of "pre-Islamic poetry" belonging to its era, claiming it was...

They are two complementary biographies: a personal autobiography of the writer, and a biography of the author, and at the same time, it is an artistic novel that relies on imagination, digression, suspense, and the art of eloquent expression and the rhetoric of imagery;...

The two righteous Caliphs who set a standard so high that no subsequent caliph could match their justice and wisdom after the era of prophethood were "Abu Bakr al-Siddiq" and "Omar ibn al-Khattab." Taha Hussein discusses them in this book. The author found that...