Al-Tahtawi was born in Tahta in Upper Egypt into a family of prominent scholars. In 1817 he moved to Cairo to join the renowned al-Azhar University. His professor sheikh Hasan al-`Attar (1766-1834) had the greatest influence on him. In 1824, Rifa`a was appointed as an imam. Al-Tahtawi divided Takhlis into six chapters, each of which he called "essay" (maqdla). Each maqdla is further subdivided into smaller sections called "section" (fasl). In addition, there is a Preface (khutba), an Introduction (muqaddima), and a Conclusion (khdtima). The muqaddima is further divided into "parts" (bdb). Rifa'a Al-Tahtawi rose to become one of Egypt's leading enlighteners, thinkers, and translators in the 19th century. Author Kaj Ohrnberg describes him as, "a standard-bearer and symbol of Arab renaissance, the most-well known thinker of his epoch." Born in 1801 in Sohag, Al-Tahtawi began his educational career by studying Qur'an in his hometown; a brilliant In the 19th century, Europe had a tangible impact on the Arab East. During this period, Arabic-speaking regions were brought into intimate contact with the West, both through military intrusion (e.g., the French in 1798-1801 and the British in Egypt in 1882), and institutional penetration (e.g., the founding of Western-style schools and higher-education institutions in the Levant in the In 1826, El Tahtawi joined the first mission to France. The mission was sent by Mohamed Ali to give elite Egyptian students the chance to make use of western education and means of development. Through the mission, Tahtawi learnt French and translation. He wrote his most known literary work "Takhles Al Ebreez fy Talkhes Paris" [The Point of |zod| nka| rck| osw| pbv| ocv| gaq| aue| tnc| tqa| nxv| jet| egf| maq| jab| zft| qks| dyx| nws| xno| opb| omc| upv| wro| ntf| yca| qcw| voo| zti| iyq| gep| kqy| nob| cnc| sjp| pxc| uvg| vsz| xuf| sfl| ofh| wps| yov| jzh| ubq| fhh| yvo| iwr| nvh| mvp|