Awn Alsharif Qasim
Awn Al-Sharif Qasim (Arabic: عون الشريف قاسم) (June 16, 1933 – January 19, 2006) was a prolific Sudanese writer, encyclopedist, scholar, community leader, and one of Sudan's leading experts on Arabic language and literature.
Awn Alsharif Qasim | |
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عون الشريف قاسم | |
Awn Alsharif Qasim | |
| Minister of Religion Affairs (Sudan) 1971–1981 | |
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| Born | June 16, 1933 Khartoum, Sudan |
| Died | 19 January 2006 (aged 72) |
He was a strong advocate of Arabic/Islamic culture and its interweaving with Sudanese culture. Qasim authored more than 70 books in the area of Islamic history and civilization, Arabic literature, studies in the Sudanese dialect languages.
Along with Professor Abdalla Eltayeb and Professor Abu Saleem, Qasim was considered one of the scholars who shaped the Sudanese academic scene during the last three decades of the 20th century.
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