Rifa'a Rafi' at-Tahtawi ( Arabic : رفاعة رافع الطهطاوي , romanized : Rifāʿa Rāfiʿ aṭ-Ṭahṭāwī ; 1801–1873) was an Egyptian writer, teacher, translator, Egyptologist , and intellectual of the Nahda (the Arab renaissance).
15-453: Not to be confused with Tahtawi . Thattvi is a surname meaning "of Thatta ". Notable people having the surname include: Mir Ahmed Nasrallah Thattvi Mir Ali Sher Qaune Thattvi Muhammad Hashim Thattvi Muhammad Saleh Thattvi Tahir Muhammad Thattvi [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Thattvi . If an internal link intending to refer to
30-517: A School of Languages in Cairo, and he was influential in the development of science, law, literature, and Egyptology in 19th-century Egypt. His works influenced those of many later scholars such as Muhammad Abduh . Tahtawi was born in 1801 in the village of Tahta , Sohag , the same year the French troops evacuated Egypt. He was an Azharite recommended by his teacher and mentor Hasan al-Attar to be
45-477: A modern civilized society ought to be and what constituted by extension a civilized or "good Egyptian"; and his ideas on public interest and public good. Tahtawi's work was the first effort in what became an Egyptian renaissance ( nahda ) that flourished in the years between 1860 and 1940. Tahtawi was a member of the Educational Council attached to the newly established Ministry of Education in
60-428: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thattvi&oldid=1154385870 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles Tahtawi One of
75-529: A university. The university's academic structure includes 21 faculties, and 1 high institutes plus 12 centers and special units. Currently, Ain Shams University offers degrees from 21 different faculties: Ain Shams University has eight campuses . Two of them are next to each other, separated by a main road named El-Khalifa El-Maamoun; all of them are in Greater Cairo. The main campus
90-587: Is a public university located in Cairo , Egypt . Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. Ain Shams University was founded in July 1950, the third-oldest non-sectarian native public Egyptian university (ancient Islamic universities such as Al-Azhar and private institutions such as the American University in Cairo are older), under
105-936: Is in Abbassia , Cairo and houses the Administration and Management at the Saffron Palace , Science Education Development Center, Central Library, Child Hood Center and the University City (students hostel ), in addition to the faculties of Computer Science, Science, Law and Art. The opposite Campus houses the faculty of Commerce, Alsun, pharmaceutical Science and Dentistry. The Women's College has its own campus. Faculty of Specific Education, Faculty of Education, and Faculty of Agriculture are each on separate campuses in Abassia, Heliopolis , and Shubra El Kheima , respectively. In 2012, Misr International films
120-696: Is often referred to as the Nahda , was spellbound by French (and Western in general) culture in his books. Shaden Tageldin has suggested that this produced an intellectual inferiority complex in his ideas that aided in an "intellectual colonization" that remains till today among Egyptian intelligentsia. Tahtawi rejected socialism and the labour movement , while supporting Egyptian policies progressive for their time. A selection of his works are: Ain Shams University Ain Shams University ( Arabic : جامعة عين شمس )
135-860: The chaplain of a group of students Mohammed Ali was sending to Paris in 1826. Originally intended to be an Imam (an Islamic religious guide) he was allowed to associate with the other members of the mission through persuasion of his authoritative figures. Many student missions from Egypt went to Europe in the early 19th century to study arts and sciences at European universities and acquire technical skills such as printing, shipbuilding and modern military techniques. According to his memoir Takhlīṣ al-ʾibrīz fī talkhīṣ Bārīz , Tahtawi studied ethics, social and political philosophy, and mathematics and geometry. He read works by Condillac , Voltaire , Rousseau , Montesquieu and Bézout among others during his séjour (visit) in France. In 1831, Tahtawi returned home to be part of
150-562: The first Egyptian travellers to France in the nineteenth century, Tahtawi published in 1834 a detailed account of his 5-year-long stay in France, Takhlis al-ibriz fi talkhis Bariz [ ar ] ('The Extrication of Gold in Summarizing Paris' ), and from then on became one of the first Egyptian scholars to write about Western culture in an attempt to bring about a reconciliation and an understanding between Islamic and Christian civilizations . In 1835 he founded
165-508: The late 1860s. He edited the magazine of the Ministry of Education entitled Rawdat Al Madaris between 1870 and 1873. He died in Cairo in 1873. Tahtawi is considered one of the early adapters of Islamic modernism . Islamic modernists attempted to integrate Islamic principles with European social theories. In 1826, Tahtawi was sent to Paris by Mehmet Ali. Tahtawi studied at an educational mission for five years, returning in 1831. Tahtawi
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#1732783334700180-479: The name of Ibrahim Pasha 's University. Its site used to be a former royal palace, called the Zafarana Palace. The two earlier universities of this kind are Cairo University ( Fuad I university formerly) and Alexandria University ( Farouk I university formerly) . When it was first established, Ain Shams University had a number of faculties and academic institutes, which were later developed into
195-841: The statewide effort to modernize the Egyptian infrastructure and education. He undertook a career in writing and translation, and founded the School of Languages (also knowns as School of Translators ) in 1835, which become part of Ain Shams University in 1973. The School of Languages graduated the earliest modern Egyptian intellectual milieu, which formed the basis of the emerging grassroots mobilization against British colonialism in Egypt. Three of his published volumes were works of political and moral philosophy . They introduced his Egyptian audience to Enlightenment ideas such as secular authority and political rights and liberty; his ideas regarding how
210-559: Was appointed director of the School of Languages. At the school, he worked translating European books into Arabic. Tahtawi was instrumental in translating military manuals, geography, and European history. In total, Tahtawi supervised the translation of over 2,000 foreign works into Arabic. Tahtawi even made favorable comments about French society in some of his books. Tahtawi stressed that the Principles of Islam are compatible with those of European Modernity. Tahtawi, like others of what
225-405: Was producing a television series based on the novel Zaat by Sonallah Ibrahim . Filming of scenes set at Ain Shams University was scheduled to occur that year, but Muslim Brotherhood student members and some teachers at the school protested, stating that the 1970s era clothing worn by the actresses was indecent and would not allow filming unless the clothing was changed. Gaby Khoury, the head of
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