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Taha Hussein

Born

in Izbet el Kilo, Minya, Egypt

November 14, 1889

Died

October 28, 1973

Genre

Literature, Biography

Influences

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Taha Hussein (Arabic: طه حسين) was among the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a leading figure of the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab world. His sobriquet was "The Dean of Arabic Literature" (Arabic: عميد الأدب العربي). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-one times. ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 48,114 ratings · 6,662 reviews · 116 distinct works • Similar authors

	الأيام 3.67 avg rating — 12,004 ratings — published 1927 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	دعاء الكروان by Taha Hussein, طه حسين 3.91 avg rating — 6,211 ratings — published 1934 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الفتنة الكبرى 1: عثمان by Taha Hussein, طه حسين 4.22 avg rating — 2,808 ratings — published 1952 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	المعذبون في الأرض by Taha Hussein, طه حسين 3.58 avg rating — 3,035 ratings — published 1947 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الفتنة الكبرى 2: علي وبنوه by Taha Hussein, طه حسين 4.23 avg rating — 2,373 ratings — published 1953 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	في الشعر الجاهلي by Taha Hussein, طه حسين 3.76 avg rating — 2,151 ratings — published 1926 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الأيام 1 by Taha Hussein, طه حسين 3.72 avg rating — 1,268 ratings — published 1929 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الوعد الحق by Taha Hussein, طه حسين 3.98 avg rating — 1,122 ratings — published 1952 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الشيخان by Taha Hussein, طه حسين 3.78 avg rating — 1,015 ratings — published 1960 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	شجرة البؤس by Taha Hussein, طه حسين 3.44 avg rating — 1,095 ratings — published 1943 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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الأيام (3 books)
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طه حسين

3.69 avg rating — 14,476 ratings

الفتنة الكبرى (2 books)
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Taha Hussein,

طه حسين

4.23 avg rating — 5,206 ratings

على هامش السيرة (3 books)
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Taha Hussein,

طه حسين

4.03 avg rating — 1,696 ratings

حديث الأربعاء (3 books)
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Taha Hussein,

طه حسين

3.79 avg rating — 460 ratings

مستقبل الثقافة في مصر (4 books)
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Taha Hussein,

طه حسين

3.20 avg rating — 49 ratings

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“I detest farewells and feel that parting, as some foreign poets say, is "dying a little." I do not like to meet death, however easy it may be, nor do I like to be aware of it, to await it, or to fear it. I prefer for it to take me by complete surprise, that it should snatch me away suddenly, that I should exit life as inadvertently as I entered it.”
― Taha Hussein

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“يصف السفينة الفرنسية التي سافر بها لبعثته إلى فرنسا: "وكان اسمها (أصبهان) وكانت على بؤسها وفقرها مرحة تحب الرقص في البحر، وتحسن اللعب على أمواجه ولا تحفل بما يلقى ركابها من عقاب حبها للرقص واللعب".”
― Taha Hussein, الأيام

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“Najljepše od svega je to što je hodža smatrao da ima lijep glas! Dječak je, međutim, nalazio da Allah nije stvori ružniji glas, a kad god bi kazivao božije riječi: "Najodvratniji glas je revanje magarca", odmah bi se sjetio hodže.”
― Hussein Taha, الأيام

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