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Salama Moussa | |
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| Born | 1887 Zagazig, Egypt |
| Died | 4 August 1958 (aged 71) Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable works | Man at the Top of Evolution |
Salama Moussa (or Musa; 4 February 1887 – 4 August 1958) (Arabic: سلامه موسى pronounced [sæˈlæːmæ ˈmuːsæ], Coptic: ⲥⲁⲗⲁⲙⲁ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ) was an Egyptian journalist, writer and political theorist. Salama Moussa was an avowed secularist, he introduced the writings of Darwin, Nietzsche, and Freud to Egyptian readers.[1] Salama Moussa campaigned against traditional religions and urged the Egyptian society to embrace European thought, he espoused the theory of evolution by natural selection.[1] He was an Egyptian nationalist. He was an advocate of liberalism and a supporter of the Egyptian liberal movement.[2] Salama Moussa is from Taha Hussein's generation; Naguib Mahfouz called Salama Moussa his "spiritual father", whereas Salama Moussa acknowledged his own intellectual debt to Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed.[1] Salama Moussa joined al-Wafd party after Saad Zaghloul became the leader, he believed it to be essentially a call to independence.[2] He looked for political and economic independence of Egypt from the British occupation. He popularised the idea of socialism in Egypt and advocated egalitarian socialism.[1][2] He was jailed in 1946 for criticizing the monarchy.[1] Salama Moussa emphasized the unity of the Egyptians, he praised Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed for "paving the way for the revolution of 1919 by uniting the Egyptian nation on a national stance".[3]
- ^ a b c d e Goldschmidt Jr., A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. 2000 Ed. Pg 139
- ^ a b c Meisami, S. Julie, Starkey, Paul. Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature, Volume 2. Routledge, New York, NY 1998 pp. 554-555
- ^ Moussa, Salama (1947). أول وجداني الذهبي. Tarbiyat Salāma Mūsā تربية سلامة موسى [The Education of Salama Moussa] (in Arabic). Hindawi Foundation (published 2014). p. 44. ISBN 978-1-5273-0843-5.
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