Abdallah Guennoun

Abdellah Guennoun ( ʻAbd Allāh Gannūn; 16 September 1908 – 9 July 1989) was an influential Moroccan writer, essayist, poet, academic, administrator, journalist, and faqīh who was born in Fes and died in Tangier. He was one of the leaders of the Nahda movement in Morocco, and served as the general secretary of the League of Moroccan Religious Scholars .

He is known for writing an-Nubūgh al-Maghribī fī al-adab al-ʻArabī (, Moroccan Intellect in Arabic Literature), a three-volume anthology of Moroccan literature in Arabic that was banned by the French Protectorate.

Guennoun also served as a member of a number of linguistic, educational, and Islamic academies and organizations in places such as Rabat, Cairo, Damascus, Baghdad, and Amman.

Early life Abdallah Guennoun was born in Fes in 1908 to a family of noble Idrissid lineage long associated with knowledge. His family moved from Fes to Tangier in 1914. He also wrote for publications such as the Egyptian literary magazine Arrissalah.

He became active and influential in the flourishing intellectual and cultural scene in Tetuan, and he published many of his works there.

He opened the first of the Moroccan free schools in Tangier, the Free Abdallah Guennoun School , and worked as a teacher in 1936.

He refused the support Mohammed Ben Aarafa, the puppet monarch chosen by France to replace Muhammad V, whom France had exiled.

an-Nubūgh al-Maghribī In 1937, he published an-Nubūgh al-Maghribī fī al-adab al-ʻArabī (, Moroccan Intellect in Arabic Literature), his three-volume anthology of Moroccan literature.

He held a number of different positions. In 1937, he was made director of the Khalifi Institute , then professor at the High Institute of Religion and the College of Theology in Tetuan .

Death Abdallah Guennoun died on 9 July 1989, aged 80, in Tangier.