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Taha Hussein is the great Egyptian writer, who is considered one of the pioneers of thoughts in society during the 20th century, to the extent that he became "The Dean of Arabic Literature". Taha was born on the 15th of November 1889 in Maghagha. He contracted ophthalmia and became blind at the age of two as a result of faulty treatment. When Cairo University opened its doors in 1908, Taha Hussein was the first to join it. He studied modern sciences, Islamic civilization, history and geography, and a number of oriental languages. In 1914, Cairo University sent him to France, where he studied literature, psychology and modern history at the University of Montpellier and obtained his MA. He returned to Egypt in 1919 to be appointed as a professor of Greek and Roman history at Cairo University. His most famous novel is his autobiography The Days, in addition to Curlew's Prayers, which was adapted into a movie that is considered one of the classics of Egyptian cinema throughout its history. Taha Hussein died on October 28, 1973 at the age of 83.
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