Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar | |
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 A 1950s portrait of Ahmad Attar | |
| Native name | أحمد عبد الغفور عطار |
| Born | October 11, 1916 Mecca, Kingdom of Hejaz |
| Died | February 1, 1991 (aged 74) Jedda, Saudi Arabia |
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| Language | Arabic |
| Nationality | Hejazi (1916-1925/1932) Saudi Arabian (1932–1991) |
| Years active | 1936–1991 |
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Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar (Arabic: أحمد عبد الغفور عطار, romanized: ʿAḥmad ʿAbd al-Ghafūr Aṭṭār; 11 October 1916 – 1 February 1991) was a Saudi Arabian writer, journalist and poet, best known for his works about 20th-century Islamic challenges. Born in Mecca, capital city of Hejazi Hashemite Kingdom. He received a basic education and graduated from the Saudi Scientific Institute in 1937, took a scholarship for higher studies in Cairo University, then returned to his country and worked in some government offices before devoting himself to literature and research. [1] Attar wrote many works about Arabic linguistic and Islamic studies, [2] and gained fame as a Muslim apologist, anti-communist and anti-Zionist, he who believed in flexibility of Islamic jurisprudence for modern era. Praised by Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad, he was also noted for his defense of Modern Standard Arabic against colloquial or spoken Arabic.[3] In the 1960s, he established the famous Okaz newspaper and then the Kalimat al-Haqq magazine, which lasted only about eight months.[2] He died at the age of 74 in Jeddah.[4][5]
- ^ Bafaqih 2015, p. 73.
- ^ a b Basalamah 2013, p. 88.
- ^ Basalamah 2013, p. 89.
- ^ Al-Jaburi, Kamel Salman (2003). Mu'jam Al-Udaba' min Al-'Asr Al-Jahili Hatta Sanat 2002 معجم الأدباء من العصر الجاهلي حتى سنة 2002 [Dictionary of writers from the pre-Islamic era until 2002] (in Arabic). Vol. 1 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah. p. 180.
- ^ Yusuf, Muhammad Khayr Ramadan (2002). Tatimmat al-Aʻlām تتمة الأعلام (in Arabic). Vol. 1 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Ibn Hizm. pp. 41–44.