Rifā‘a Rāfi‘ al-Tahtāwī (Arab discovery of European sociability) [ Travel / Translation, Dissemination & Reception ]
… Europe France Theatre Travel The encounter between East and West from the beginning of the nineteenth century onwards, starting with Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt (1798-1801), is considered as one of the historical events that fostered the … of the Egyptian Nahda and, when he was twenty-four-years old, he was chosen by governor Muhammad ‘Alī (1769-1849) 1 to participate in the first great Egyptian mission to Europe. al-Tahtāwī accompanied, as spiritual guide, a group of … drinking habits, housing, clothing, hygiene, medical sciences, political institutions, education, urban architecture, arts and crafts, entertainment, male-female relationship. His travel report, published after his return to Egypt (1834), …
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