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Rifa'a at-Tahtawi, a Common card
Rifa'a Rafi' at-Tahtawi was an Egyptian writer, teacher, translator, Egyptologist, and intellectual of the Nahda.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 112
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 112 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Rifa'a at-Tahtawi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Rifa'a at-Tahtawi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His works ______ those of many later scholars such as Muhammad Abduh.
Answer
influenced. His works influenced those of many later scholars such as Muhammad Abduh. From the Rifa'a at-Tahtawi article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____ he founded a School of Languages in Cairo, and he was influential in the development of science, law, literature, and Egyptology in 19th-century Egypt.
Answer
1830s. In 1835 he founded a School of Languages in Cairo, and he was influential in the development of science, law, literature, and Egyptology in 19th-century Egypt. From the Rifa'a at-Tahtawi article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- One of the first Egyptian travellers to France in the nineteenth century, Tahtawi published in 1834 a detailed account of his 5-year-long stay in France, Takhlis al-ibriz fi talkhis Bariz, and from then on became one of the first Egyptian scholars to write about Western culture in an attempt to bring about a reconciliation and an understanding between Islamic and Christian civilizations.
- In 1835 he founded a School of Languages in Cairo, and he was influential in the development of science, law, literature, and Egyptology in 19th-century Egypt.
- His works influenced those of many later scholars such as Muhammad Abduh.
Why it is Common
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Text : Wikipedia, Rifa'a at-Tahtawi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The original uploader was Zerida at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
