About Fouad Zakariyya
Lived 1927 – 2010 (aged 82). Fouad Zakariyya was an Egyptian philosopher, known for Existentialism.
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.”
Biography Zakariyya was born in 1927. Zakariyya was the head of the philosophy department at Kuwait University from 1974 to 1991.
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
Articles The Incoherence of Islamic Fundamentalism
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Who was Fouad Zakariyya?
Egyptian philosopher
When was Fouad Zakariyya born?
Fouad Zakariyya was born on 1 December 1927 in Port Said.
When did Fouad Zakariyya die?
Fouad Zakariyya died on 11 March 2010.
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Fouad Zakariyya was a philosopher.
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Fouad Zakariyya was known for Existentialism.
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Fouad Zakariyya was Egyptian.
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