Mohammad Moustafa Haddara

Mohammad Moustafa Haddara

Professor Dr. Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930 – February 28, 1997) was an Arabic scholar.

Dr. Haddara was a distinguished Professor of Arabic Literature, at Alexandria University, Egypt, and a Professor at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

After leaving his diplomatic position as the Cultural Attaché of the Arabic League, Haddara devoted his time to the academic field. Haddara held the positions of Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Tanta University, and Vice Dean for post-graduate studies, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. Moreover, Haddara was a visiting professor at University of Shanghai, China, Bonn University, Germany, Umdorman University in Sudan, University of Tokyo, Japan, and many other regional and international universities.

Prof. Haddara the Arab's league Cultural Attaché at the time, at a dinner held by the UNESCO's Director-General René Maheu (on his right) in Beirut.

Haddara held the Head of Department position in various departments including: Arabic, Theater, Phonetics, and Oriental Languages Departments at Alexandria University, Ain Shams university, and Tanta university. and other international universities.

Haddara authored 1 historical novel called El mansoura, named after the Egyptian city El-Mansoura, and a total of 16 books in the field of Arabic literature and criticism. Haddara edited numerous books, and translated 5 books to Arabic language including Islam by the Arabist scholar Alfred Guillaume, and the Japanese Hiroshima Diary by Michihiko Hachiya. Moreover, he has translated 3 international novels. He also wrote numerous literary and critical articles in academic journals, conferences, magazines, and newspapers in Egypt and the Arab world.

Prof. Haddara with the Lebanese Minister of Culture Fouad Boutros in a reception held at the Lebanese Ministry of Culture in Lebanon. 11-03-1960

Professor Haddara has supervised 81 master thesis and 88 doctorate thesis in Egyptian national, regional, and international universities. He is widely known as the best scholar of the Arabic language in the modern era.

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