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One of the most distinguished universities in the Arab world "Excellence in university education"
One of the most distinguished universities in the Arab world "Excellence in university education"
Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo. It was founded on 21 December 1908; however, after being housed in various parts of Cairo, its faculties, beginning with the Faculty of Arts, were established on its current main campus in Giza in October 1929. It is the second oldest institution of higher education in Egypt after Al Azhar University, notwithstanding the pre-existing higher professional schools that later became constituent colleges of the university. It was founded and funded as the Egyptian University by a committee of private citizens with royal patronage in 1908 and became a state institution under King Fuad I in 1925. In 1940, four years following his death, the university was renamed King Fuad I University in his honor. It was renamed a second time after the Egyptian revolution of 1952. Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo. It was founded on 21 December 1908; however, after being housed in various parts of Cairo, its faculties, beginning with the Faculty of Arts, were established on its current main campus in Giza in October 1929. It is the second oldest institution of higher education in Egypt after Al Azhar University, notwithstanding the pre-existing higher professional schools that later became constituent colleges of the university. It was founded and funded as the Egyptian University by a committee of private citizens with royal patronage in 1908 and became a state institution under King Fuad I in 1925. In 1940, four years following his death, the university was renamed King Fuad I University in his honor. It was renamed a second time after the Egyptian revolution of 1952.
Taha Hussein, an Egyptian writer and critic, was dubbed the dean of Arabic literature. He was born on Friday, November 14, 1889, in Maghagha, in Minya. He joined Al-Azhar Mosque in 1902 for religious studies. When the Egyptian University opened its doors in 1908, he was the first to enroll in it. The Egyptian University sent him to Montpellier, France, where he prepared his second doctoral dissertation in 1918, in addition to completing a postgraduate diploma in Romanian law.
Naguib Mahfouz, an Egyptian novelist, is the first Arab to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in the Gamaleya district of Cairo on December 11, 1911. He joined Cairo University in 1930 and obtained a BA in Philosophy. He joined the government to work as a parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Awqaf (1938-1945), then director of the Good Loan Foundation in the ministry until 1954.
Her name is Jihan Safwat Rauf, the wife of the late President Muhammad Anwar Sadat. She was born on August 29, 1933 in Cairo, to an Egyptian father, who was a university professor with British citizenship, and a British mother. She obtained a BA from the Department of Arabic Language at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University in 1977, then a master’s degree in comparative literature from the same college in 1980, then a Ph. South Carolina.
Rashad Rushdi was born in Cairo in 1912. He attended Shubra Elementary School, then Prince Farouk Secondary School, then Cairo University, where he obtained a diploma from the Institute of Higher Education and obtained a PhD in English Literature from the University of Leeds, England. Then he was a professor at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University and head of the English Literature Department at Cairo University,
Latifa Al-Zayyat is a novelist, writer, and critic. She paid special attention to women's affairs and issues. She was born in Damietta on August 8, 1923. She obtained a BA from the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University. She began her university work in 1952, and obtained a doctorate in literature from the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University in 1957.
Dr. Mustafa Soueif, an Egyptian professor of psychology. He was born on July 17, 1924. He obtained a Ph. Faculty and its first president (between 1974 and 1984). He served as president of the Egyptian Association for Psychological Studies in 1970 and 1971, and he is the founder and first president of the Egyptian Academy of Arts (between 1968 and 1971).
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