Taha Hussein

Taha Hussein studied at Faculty of Arts of Paris, University of Montpellier and Cairo University. Amīn al-Khawlī and Mohammed Abdul Moid Khan are recorded as having studied under Taha Hussein. the recorded working language is Arabic, French and Latin.

The field of work recorded is literary studies, Arabic studies and Semitic.

Employment is recorded with Cairo University. Positions recorded include Minister of Education of Egypt and president of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo. Membership is recorded of Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo and Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

Works named in the authority record are The Future of Culture in Egypt and On Pre-Islamic Poetry.

Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile, Order of Merit and Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar‎.