After a vicious fight with his conservative educators, Hussein received a scholarship and obtained a second PhD degree from the Sorbonne in 1919. Egyptian parents usually present him as an example to their children: a poor boy born in 1889 who became the first to hold a PhD degree from Cairo University. His legacy does not stop at his struggle with blindness. Taha Hussein in his iconic photo with black glasses Born to a poor family in one of the least privileged territories of Egypt, his family sent him to a small local Quran school and then to Al-Azhar University hoping that one day he could make a living either by reciting the Quran or as a teacher. For most Egyptians, Taha Hussein (1889-1973) is simply a voice of our own. The Egyptian state television aired the series which was based on his autobiography Al-Ayyam (The Days) while Egypt was getting ready to participate in the International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981.
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