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Taha Hussein (1889- 1973) (nicknamed "the dean of Arabic literature") was one of the most influential Egyptian writers and intellectuals.
He was a figurehead for the modernist movement in .
His Life
Taha Hussein was born in the of (ُعزبه الكيلو) in Minya Governorate in central .
He contracted an eye infection as a child, and faulty treatment rendered him blind at the age of three. He went to an Islamic kuttab (a traditional school where children learn to read, write, and recite the Quran), and then was sent to , where he was educated in religion and Arabic literature.
Academic career
When the secular was founded in 1908, he was keen to enter, and despite being blind and poor he earned a place.
In 1914, he became the first graduate to receive a Ph.D., with a thesis on the skeptic poet and philosopher Abu-Alala' Al-Ma'ari. He went on to become