Arabic and Islamic Garland: Historical, Educational and Literary Papers Presented to Abdul-Latif Tibawi

239 Pages·1977·5.546 MB·English

by  Abdul Latif Tibawi

ARABIC AND ISLAMIC GARLAND

ARABIC AND ISLAMIC GARLAND
Historical, Educational and Literary Papers
P R E S E N T E D TO A B D U L -L A T IF T IB A W I
By Colleagues, Friends and Students
THE ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE, LONDON
1397/1977
© The Honorary Committee, 1977
Professor Adel Awa, Damascus University
Professor Issa Boullata, McGill University
Professor Syed Nadvi, Karachi University
Secretary: Riadh El-Droubie
Printed in Great Britain
by W & J Mackay Limited, Chatham
PREFACE
I have the honour as well as the pleasure to express on behalf of the
Honorary Committee our sincere thanks to the contributors of the articles
in honour of Abdul-Latif Tibawi, historian, educationist and man of letters.
It is also my pleasure to express thanks to Miss Dorothy Vernon and
Miss Eileen Vousden, both of the University of London Institute of
Education, for careful retyping of the articles. Last but not least I wish to
record the Committee’s appreciation of editorial advice and assistance
from Mr. Ramsey Walker.
R. El-Droubie,
Secretary

TABLE OF C O N TE N TS
A Biography 11
List of Publications 19
1. Mahmud Abidi, Palestine Teachers Higher Diploma, Cultural Counsellor,
The Municipality of Amman.
The Arab College, Jerusalem 28
2. Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton), Professor of Political Science,
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Arab Cultural Consolidation : A Response to European Colonialism ? 36
3. Jamal Alami, Palestine Teachers Higher Diploma, District Education Officer,
Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Education in the Hijaz under Turkish and Sharifian Rule 48
4. Adel Awa, License ès Lettres (Sorbonne), Doctorat d’Université (Paris),
Professor of Philosophy and head of the department, Faculty of Arts,
Damascus University.
Le Contrepoint Bapnite 54
5. N. A. Baloch, M.A., LL.B. (Aligarh), MA., Ph.D. (Columbia), Vice-
Chancellor, The University of Sind, Hyderabad.
Objectives of Education in the Pakistani Society before Colonial Rule 59
6. The Reverend Eric F. F. Bishop, M.A. (Cantab), formerly CMS missionary
and Principal, Newman School of Mission, Jerusalem.
The Missionary in Middle East Politics 68
7. Issa J. Boullata, B.A., Ph.D. (London), Associate Professor of Arabic Language
and Literature, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University.
Literary Form and Social Structure: Reflections on Change in Modem
Arabic Poetry 72
8. Caesar F. Farah, M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton), Professor of Middle Eastern and
Islamic Studies, University of Minnesota.
A Tale of Two Missions 81
9. Richard N. Frye, M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard), Aga Khan Professor of Iranian,
Harvard University.
A Note on Bureaucracy and School in Early Islamic Iran 92
10. Abdul-Fattah Galal, M.A., Ph.D. (London), Unesco Expert, Sirs El-Layan,
Cairo.
The Education of the Arab Woman 96
11. George M. Haddad, B.A. (Beirut), License ès Lettres (Sorbonne), Ph.D.
(Chicago), Professor of Middle East History, the University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Coups d’état and Military Rule in the Arab States 98
12. Jean-Michel Homus, Pasteur de l’Eglise Réformée de France (Lunel) et Profes­
seur Associé à la Faculté de théologie reformée d’Aix-en-Provence.
La controverse entre les missionnaires américains et les Eglises évangél­
iques arméniennes en Turquie dans le dernier tiers du XIXe siècle 110
13. Tag Elsir Ahmad Harran, B.A., Ph.D. (London), Department of History, the
University of Khartoum.
The Young Turks and the Arabs, 1909-1912 in
8 Arabie and Islande Garland
14. Ishâq Musa al-Husaini, License ès Lettres (Cairo), B.A., Ph.D. (London),
Professor Emeritus, the American University in Cairo.
A Historical Poem 120
15. Jacqueline S. Ismael, B.A. (Calgary, Canada).
Affluence and Social Change in Kuwait 121
16. Tareq Y. Ismael, M.A. (Indiana), Ph.D. (George Washington), Professor of
Political Science, The University of Calgary, Canada.
The Rejection of Western Models of Government in the Arab World : The
Case of Nasserism 129
17. Mohammed Fadhil Jamali, B.A. (Beirut), M.A., Ph.D. (Columbia), formerly
Minister of Education and Prime Minister of Iraq.
The Theological Colleges of Najaf 135
18. Tarif Khalidi, MA. (Oxon.), Ph.D. (Chicago), Department of History, The
American University of Beirut.
A Mosquito's Wing: Al-Jäfeiz on the Progress of Knowledge 141
19. Safa Khulusi, B.A. (Baghdad), Ph.D. (London), Professor Emeritus, The
University of Baghdad
Ma'rüf Ar-Ru^äfi in Jerusalem 147
20. Joseph A. Lauwerys, B.Sc. (London), D.Sc. (Ghent), D.Lit. (London),
F.R.I.C., formerly Professor of Comparative Education and head of the
department, the University of London.
Politics and Education 153
21. Geoffrey Lewis, M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon.) Fellow of St. Antony’s College and
Professor of Turkish, Oxford.
The Ottoman Proclamation of Jihad in 1914 159
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22. Mohammad Munir Moisi, M À (Cairo), Ph.D. (London), College of Educa­
tion, Ain Shams University, Cairo.
Higher Education in the Arab World 166
23. Syed H. H. Nadvi, M A , Ph.D. (Harvard), Chairman, Department of Arabic,
Karachi University.
Some Reflections on Islamic Education 170
24. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, M.Sc. (M.I.T.), Ph.D. (Harvard), Director, Imperial
Iranian Academy of Philosophy.
The Traditional Texts Used in the Persian Madrasahs 174
25. Sir John Richmond, K.C.M.G., formerly British Ambassador to Kuwait and
Lecturer in the School of Oriental Studies, the University of Durham.
Prophet of Doom: E. T. Richmond and Palestine 1920-1924 189
26. Halil Sahillioglu, Ph.D. (Istanbul), Professor of Economic History, the
University of Istanbul.
Ottoman Book Legacies *97
27. Mahmud Samra, B.A. (Cairo), Ph.D. (London), Vice-President, the University
ofjordan.
Some Ideas of Syrian Muslim Writers on Self-Criticism and Revivalism 200
28. Fuad Sarruf, B.A. (Beirut), LL.D. (The Pacific University, Stockton), formerly
Editor of al-Muqtataf, Vice-President of the American University of Beirut,
and Chairman of Unesco Executive Board.
The Lebanon and Unesco 213
• Dr. Mary E. Lunchten*! article 'The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem’ was received too late for inclusion in the
volume.
Table of Contents 9
29. Hisham B. M. Al-Sawaf, M.A., Ph.D. (London), Department of English, the
University of Mosul.
Problems of Teaching and Learning English in Iraqi Schools 214
30. Bertold Spuler, Dr. Phil. (Breslau), Dr. Theol. h.c. (Berne), Dr. ès Lettres h.c.
(Bordeaux), Professor of Islamic Studies, the University of Hamburg.
Das Schulwesen im Rahmen der Kulturentwicklung der südosteuropäi­
schen Völker im 19. Jh. 219
31. ‘Zaid’
Chaim Weizmann’s Scientific Work 1915-1918 228
Zaid is a pen name. The article was originally written for The Journal of
Palestine Studies, but on account of the events in Beirut it was agreed by all
concerned to include the article in this volume.