Taha Hussein

Taha Hussein born on (November 15, 1889), was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for. His sobriquet was ""The Dean of Arabic Literature”, He became blind at the age of four from a combination of eye disease and folk medicine, He served as minister of education in 1951 and 1952,the Egyptian government has nominated him for the Nobel Prize, and in 1964, awarded by the University of Algiers honorary doctorate, and the same university did Palermo Italy, Sicily, in 1965. In the same year fingernail Taha Hussein collar Nile, in addition to the presidency of the Arabic Language Academy, and in 1968 awarded him the Madrid University Certificate honorary doctorate, and in 1971 the head of the Council of Federation of the language academies in the Arab world, and was nominated again for the Nobel Prize, established by UNESCO international in Uruguay ceremony in honor literary, he died on October 28, 1973.