Taha Hussein

Egyptian academic.

Born November 14th, 1889 in Minya Governorate. [ref]

Died October 28th, 1973 at 83 years old in Cairo. [ref]

Occupations
historian, linguist, literary critic, literary scholar, novelist, politician, translator, university teacher, writer
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte