Rifā‘a Rāfi‘ al-Tahtāwī (Arab discovery of European sociability) [ Travel / Translation, Dissemination & Reception ]
… sociability discovered during his stay, such as food, eating and drinking habits, housing, clothing, hygiene, medical sciences, political institutions, education, urban architecture, arts and crafts, entertainment, male-female … of details and repeatedly using the adjective ‘azīm (great), al-Tahtāwī depicted the progress achieved by Parisians in science, arts and crafts, and the complex organizational structure that supported these activities that served, at the … e emphasized the fact that the French devoted a great amount of energy to acquiring new knowledge and, for that reason, sciences in Paris improved faster and faster: ʻNot a year goes past in which they have not discovered something newʼ …
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