Nahda
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Nahda is a 19th–early 20th century Arab cultural and intellectual renaissance marked by literary revival, modernization, and engagement with Western ideas.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nahda canonical | 3 |
| Arab Nahda | 1 |
| Arab Renaissance | 1 |
| Arab cultural renaissance (Nahda) | 1 |
| Egyptian Enlightenment | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Nahda Context triple: [Arabic literature, hasPeriod, Nahda]
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Infitah
Infitah was an economic liberalization policy in Egypt during the 1970s that opened the country’s economy to foreign investment and private enterprise after years of state-led socialism.
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Itjtawy
Itjtawy was the royal residence and administrative capital established by the 12th Dynasty pharaohs during Egypt’s Middle Kingdom.
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Egyptian military administration
The Egyptian military administration was the governing authority established by Egypt to control and manage the Gaza Strip following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War until Israel's occupation in 1967.
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Ottoman period in Egypt
The Ottoman period in Egypt was the era from the early 16th to the early 19th century when Egypt was governed as a province of the Ottoman Empire, marked by Mamluk power struggles, provincial autonomy, and significant administrative and social changes.
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Nizam-i Cedid
Nizam-i Cedid was a late 18th-century Ottoman military reform program that created a modern, European-style army to replace the empire’s traditional forces.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nahda Target entity description: Nahda is a 19th–early 20th century Arab cultural and intellectual renaissance marked by literary revival, modernization, and engagement with Western ideas.
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A.
Infitah
Infitah was an economic liberalization policy in Egypt during the 1970s that opened the country’s economy to foreign investment and private enterprise after years of state-led socialism.
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B.
Itjtawy
Itjtawy was the royal residence and administrative capital established by the 12th Dynasty pharaohs during Egypt’s Middle Kingdom.
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C.
Egyptian military administration
The Egyptian military administration was the governing authority established by Egypt to control and manage the Gaza Strip following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War until Israel's occupation in 1967.
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D.
Ottoman period in Egypt
The Ottoman period in Egypt was the era from the early 16th to the early 19th century when Egypt was governed as a province of the Ottoman Empire, marked by Mamluk power struggles, provincial autonomy, and significant administrative and social changes.
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E.
Nizam-i Cedid
Nizam-i Cedid was a late 18th-century Ottoman military reform program that created a modern, European-style army to replace the empire’s traditional forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab renaissance
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cultural movement ⓘ historical period ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
The Arab Awakening
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surface form:
Arab Awakening
Nahda ⓘ
surface form:
Arab Nahda
Nahda ⓘ
surface form:
Arab Renaissance
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| hasCause |
Egyptian modernization under Muhammad Ali Pasha
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increased European presence in the Middle East ⓘ military and political decline of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| hasEndApprox | 1930s ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
European Enlightenment
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French Revolution ⓘ Industrial Revolution ⓘ Tanzimat ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman Tanzimat reforms
Western liberal thought ⓘ |
| hasKeyDevelopment |
debates on Islamic reform
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debates on women’s rights ⓘ development of modern Arabic poetry ⓘ emergence of Arab nationalism discourse ⓘ emergence of modern Arabic press ⓘ expansion of secular education ⓘ rise of Arabic novel ⓘ standardization of modern written Arabic ⓘ translation of European literary works into Arabic ⓘ translation of European scientific works into Arabic ⓘ |
| hasKeyDomain |
education
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historical writing ⓘ journalism ⓘ literature ⓘ political thought ⓘ religious thought ⓘ social reform ⓘ theater ⓘ translation movement ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi
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Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq ⓘ Butrus al-Bustani ⓘ Francis Marrash ⓘ Jamal al-Din al-Afghani ⓘ Jurji Zaydan ⓘ Luqman al-Hakim Press (as part of press movement) ⓘ Muhammad Abduh ⓘ Qasim Amin ⓘ Rifa'a al-Tahtawi ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
constitutionalism
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cultural revival ⓘ educational reform ⓘ literary revival ⓘ modernization ⓘ nationalism ⓘ reform ⓘ religious reform ⓘ secularization ⓘ |
| hasMajorCenter |
Alexandria
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Beirut ⓘ Cairo ⓘ Damascus ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
emergence of constitutional and parliamentary ideas in Arab societies
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formation of modern Arab intellectual elites ⓘ foundation for modern Arab nationalism ⓘ modernization of Arabic language and literature ⓘ spread of print culture in the Arab world ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Arab world
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Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| hasRelatedConcept |
Arab nationalism
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European Enlightenment ⓘ Islamic modernism ⓘ Tanzimat ⓘ |
| hasStartApprox | early 19th century ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod |
19th century
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early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Nahda Description of subject: Nahda is a 19th–early 20th century Arab cultural and intellectual renaissance marked by literary revival, modernization, and engagement with Western ideas.
Referenced by (7)
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