Biography:Fouad Zakariyya

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Short description: Egyptian philosopher
Fouad Zakariyya
Born1927
Died13 March 2010 (aged 82–83)
CitizenshipEgypt
Alma materAin Shams University
Known forExistentialism
Scientific career
FieldsPhilosophy
InstitutionsKuwait University

Fouad Zakariyya (or Fuʼād Zakarīyā; 1927 – 13 March 2010) was an Egyptian philosopher, and critic of Islamist thought who is known as “the father of Arab existentialism.”[1][2]

Biography

Zakariyya was born in 1927.[1] He studied at Ain Shams University in Cairo, and obtained a doctorate in philosophy in 1956.[3] Zakariyya was the head of the philosophy department at Kuwait University from 1974 to 1991.[1]

Zakarriya was a recipient of the Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Award for Humanities and Future Studies.

Books

  • Myth and Reality in the Contemporary Islamist Movement[1]

Articles

  • The Incoherence of Islamic Fundamentalism

References