Taha Hussein's early life
Born on 14th November 4, 1889 (Hardwick and Stray, 2011), Taha Hussein rose to become one of them most outstanding figures of Arabic literature in Egypt and in the world over. He was born in Izbet el Kilo which was a small community village in AI-Minya in central Upper Egypt (Brugman, 1984; Goldschmidt, 2000; Russell, 2012). While his father was reportedly a civil servant (and a peasant farmer) in Egypt, very little is known about his mother and siblings as there is a paucity of literature on his early life that speaks about them. At a tender age, Taha Hussein contacted an eye infection ...
