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Leo Africanus – Khaïr-EddineMorocco Portal Literature Portal Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi (born on December 25, 1922, Fes, died on August 23, 1993, Rabat) was a Moroccan philosopher, novelist and poet writing in Arabic and French. Some of his books were translated into more than 30 languages. Lahbabi studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and received a doctorate of philosophy. He was professor of philosophy and dean of the faculty of letters at the Mohammed V University in Rabat. Characteristic of his philosophical writings is the union of Arab-Islamic and Western-humanistic ideas.[1][2] He also wrote poetry, fiction, and non-fiction books on economics, politics, and literature. Lahbabi was one of the founders of the Union of Arab Writers of the Maghreb and the review Afaq (Horizons). He was nominated for the 1987 Nobel Prize for Literature.
References
- ^ Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi, Intellectual Origins of Islamic Resurgence in the Modern Arab World, ed. SUNY Press, 1996, ISBN 9780791426630, p. 30:"Lahbabi, unquestionably one of the most important intellectual figures in contemporaray North Africa"
- ^ Edward Craig, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. Taylor & Francis, 1998, ISBN 9780415073103, p. 20
Books
- Le gouvernement marocain a l'aube de XXe siecle, 1968 Editions Atlantides
- Le Personnalisme Musulman (1964; "Muslim Personalism")
- Le Monde de demain: Le Tiers-Monde accuse (1980; "The World of Tomorrow: The Third World Challenges").
Categories:- Moroccan writers
- 1922 births
- People from Fes
- 1993 deaths
- University of Paris alumni
- Mohammed V University faculty
- Moroccan writers in French
- Moroccan philosophers
- Moroccan essayists
- 20th-century philosophers
- Moroccan writer stubs
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