Qasim Amin

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Qasim Amin was an influential Egyptian intellectual and early feminist reformer whose writings on women’s rights and social modernization made him a key figure in the Arab Nahda (renaissance) movement.

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instanceOf Egyptian intellectual
feminist reformer
jurist
person
social reformer
writer
advocated education for women
limiting polygamy
raising the marriage age for girls
reform of personal status laws
argued that women’s emancipation was essential for national progress
citizenship Egypt NERFINISHED
criticized seclusion of women
veiling practices of his time
dateOfBirth 1863
dateOfDeath 1908
educatedAt University of Montpellier NERFINISHED
University of Paris NERFINISHED
familyName Amin NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Islamic modernism NERFINISHED
law
social reform
women’s rights
fullName Qasim Amin NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Qasim NERFINISHED
influenced Arab feminist movements
later Egyptian reformers
influencedBy European liberal thought
Muhammad Abduh NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
movement Arab Nahda NERFINISHED
Arab renaissance NERFINISHED
nationality Egyptian
notableFor advocacy of women’s rights in Egypt
calls for social modernization
early feminist thought in the Arab world
notableWork Al-Mar’a al-Jadida NERFINISHED
Tahrir al-Mar’a NERFINISHED
occupation author
judge
legal scholar
placeOfBirth Alexandria, Egypt NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Cairo, Egypt NERFINISHED
positionHeld judge at the Egyptian National Courts
publicationYear 1899
1900
titleOfWork Al-Mar’a al-Jadida (The New Woman) NERFINISHED
Tahrir al-Mar’a (The Liberation of Woman) NERFINISHED
workPublished Al-Mar’a al-Jadida in 1900
Tahrir al-Mar’a in 1899

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