Galal Amin

Galal Ahmad Amin (born 1935) is an Egyptian economist and commentator, professor of economics at the American University in Cairo.[1] He has criticized the economic and cultural dependency of Egypt upon the West.[2]

Life

Galal Amin was born in Egypt in 1935, the son of judge and academic Ahmad Amin. He studied at Cairo University, graduating LL.B. in 1955 before studying for diplomas in economics and public law. Receiving a government grant to study in Britain, Amin gained a M.S. (1961) and Ph.D. (1964) in economics from London School of Economics. From 1964 to 1974 he taught economics at Ain Shams University, also working as economic advisor for the Kuwait Fund for Economic Development from 1969 to 1974. After a year's teaching at UCLA in 1978–1979, Amin joined The American University in Cairo.[1]

Works

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Michael R. Fischbach, 'Amin, Galal (1935-)', in Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Online (subscription only) at HighBeam.
  2. Boullata, Issa J. (1990). Trends and issues in contemporary Arab thought. State University of New York Press. pp. 99–105. ISBN 978-0-7914-0194-1. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

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