Taha Hussein Museum
 Taha Hussein | |
| Established | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Location |
Giza  |
| Type | Specialised museum |
Taha Hussein Museum is a historic house museum and biographical museum in Cairo, Egypt.
It is about the life, teaching, and residence of Taha Hussein (November 14, 1889—October 28, 1973) (Arabic: طه حسين, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈtˤɑːhɑ ħ(e)ˈseːn], Arabic: [tˤaːha ħusajn]) (nicknamed "Dean of Arabic Literature"). [1] He was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Al-Nahda—Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab World.
References
- ↑ Ghanayim, M. (1994). "Mahmud Amin al-Alim: Between Politics and Literary Criticism". Poetics Today. 15 (2): 321–338. doi:10.2307/1773168. ISSN 0333-5372. JSTOR 1773168.
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Coordinates: 30°00′18″N 31°11′06″E / 30.0049°N 31.1851°E
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