Talk:Taha Hussein
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"He believed that Egyptian and Arab/Eastern civilizations were diametrically opposed, stressing that Egypt would only progress by reclaiming its ancient roots."
This is a pretty extreme view for someone like Taha Hussein to take. Is there a source? Slackerlawstudent 11:30, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Faulty information
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- "Taha Hussein was an Egyptian renaissance intellectual and a proponent of the ideology of Pharaonism. He believed that Egyptian and Arab/Eastern civilizations were diametrically opposed, stressing that Egypt would only progress by reclaiming its ancient roots."
However, his book "مستقبل الثقافة في مصر" published in 1938 seems to stress the opposite. He calls for Arab nationalism (although no pan-arabism) and stresses the ties between the east, west and all of the Arab lands. Unless you have an academic source (based on the above, I highly doubt it) this phrase should be deleted altogether. --Maha Odeh 07:27, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
