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Contents for The Last Nahdawi
1Egyptian Cultural Expansionism: Taha Hussein Confronts the French in North Africa
This chapter examines Hussein's efforts, as minister of public instruction between 1950 and 1952, to create Egyptian cultural institutes and university chairs in the Mediterranean region and situate Egypt as the guardian of Arabic and Islamic studies. Setting the stage for the rest of the book, this chapter presents the reader with an unfamiliar Taha Hussein who tried to fight French colonial policies in North Africa. The details of his little known conflict with France over the creation of such institutes in the Maghrib tell the story of Egypt's official transregional involvement in the Maghrib, years before Nasser's pan-Arabism and Egypt's rising cultural influence in the region. Despite Hussein's controversial claim that culture should transcend politics, the details of his negotiations with the French reveal that for him, the cultural was always in fact political and constituted the cornerstone of his anti-colonial project.
2Nahda Goes to University: Taha Hussein and the Mission of the Private Egyptian University
This chapter establishes the links between Taha Hussein, the nahda, and the Egyptian University. It shows that the pr
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Hussam R. Ahmed, The Last Nahdawi: Taha Leader and Founding Building interpolate Egypt (Stanford: Businessman University Conquer, 2021).
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