Farghali Abdel Hafiz b. 1941
Egyptian Pedigree, 2012
Acrylic, oil stick and sand on canvas laid down on board
120 x 80 cm
47 1/4 x 31 1/2 in
47 1/4 x 31 1/2 in
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This work incorporates photographs of the author Abbas El-Akkad (1889-1964) and the writer and former Minister of Culture, Tharwat Okasha (1921-2012). El-Akkad was a writer and member of the Arab...
This work incorporates photographs of the author Abbas El-Akkad (1889-1964) and the writer and former Minister of Culture, Tharwat Okasha (1921-2012).
El-Akkad was a writer and member of the Arab Academy. Born in Aswan, he received little formal education, completing only his elementary education. Unlike his schoolmates, he spent all his weekly allowance on books. He read about religion, geography, history and many other subjects. He was known for his excellent English and French. He wrote more than 100 books about philosophy, religion, and poetry. He founded a poetry school with Ibrahim Al-Mazny and Abdel Rahman Shokry called Al-Diwan. He died in 1964 in Cairo. His most famous works were al-'Abkariat, Allah, and Sarah. Some of his books were translated into English.
Tharwat Okasha was a writer, translator and Minister of Culture during the time of Nasser. Hehelped to found several of Egypt’s cultural institutions. He was one of the officers involved in the Free Officers Movement, along with former president Nasser, which toppled King Farouk of Egypt in the July Revolution of 1952. He was one of the most cultured and enlightened officers among his group, and was appointed Minister of Culture in the late 1950s by Nasser. Okasha held the position twice from 1958 to 1962 and, again, from 1966 to 1970. The two terms made him the most prominent Minister of Culture in Egypt’s modern history.
Okasha received his PhD in literature from Sorbonne in the 1960s and worked as visiting scholar at the College De France. He published more than 70 books, including his three-volume memoir titled My Memoirs in Politics and Culture, which is considered a rich resource for historians of the Nasserite era; as well as a 38-volume encyclopedia of arts titled The Eye Listens and the Ear Sees.
El-Akkad was a writer and member of the Arab Academy. Born in Aswan, he received little formal education, completing only his elementary education. Unlike his schoolmates, he spent all his weekly allowance on books. He read about religion, geography, history and many other subjects. He was known for his excellent English and French. He wrote more than 100 books about philosophy, religion, and poetry. He founded a poetry school with Ibrahim Al-Mazny and Abdel Rahman Shokry called Al-Diwan. He died in 1964 in Cairo. His most famous works were al-'Abkariat, Allah, and Sarah. Some of his books were translated into English.
Tharwat Okasha was a writer, translator and Minister of Culture during the time of Nasser. Hehelped to found several of Egypt’s cultural institutions. He was one of the officers involved in the Free Officers Movement, along with former president Nasser, which toppled King Farouk of Egypt in the July Revolution of 1952. He was one of the most cultured and enlightened officers among his group, and was appointed Minister of Culture in the late 1950s by Nasser. Okasha held the position twice from 1958 to 1962 and, again, from 1966 to 1970. The two terms made him the most prominent Minister of Culture in Egypt’s modern history.
Okasha received his PhD in literature from Sorbonne in the 1960s and worked as visiting scholar at the College De France. He published more than 70 books, including his three-volume memoir titled My Memoirs in Politics and Culture, which is considered a rich resource for historians of the Nasserite era; as well as a 38-volume encyclopedia of arts titled The Eye Listens and the Ear Sees.
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