Fouad Zakariyya

Fouad Zakariyya (or Fuʼād Zakarīyā; 1927 – 13 March 2010) was an Egyptian philosopher, and critic of Islamist thought who is known as “the father of Arab existentialism.”[1][2] Zakariyya was born in 1927.

[1] He studied at Ain Shams University in Cairo, and obtained a doctorate in philosophy in 1956.

[3] Zakariyya was the head of the philosophy department at Kuwait University from 1974 to 1991.

[1] Zakarriya was a recipient of the Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Award for Humanities and Future Studies.

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