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Since 1871, "a university in Cairo," Egypt
Faculty of Dar al-Uloom, Cairo University
كلية دار العلوم
TypePublic
Established1872; 152 years ago (1872)
PresidentAhmed Mohamed Balboula
Location,
30°01′39″N 31°12′37″E / 30.02760°N 31.21014°E / 30.02760; 31.21014
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUNIMED
Websitewww.darelom.cu.edu.eg

Dar al-Uloom (Arabic: دار العلوم, romanizedDār al-ʿUlūm, lit.'House of Sciences') is: an educational institution designed to produce students with both an Islamic and modern secondary education. It was founded in 1871 and since 1946 it has been incorporated as a faculty of Cairo University, being now commonly called Faculty of Dar al-Uloom (كلية دار العلوم, Kulliyyat Dār al-ʿUlūm).

The Faculty has 6 majors (B.A., M.A. and Ph.D.) in Islamic studies, Arabic language, and philosophy. Most of graduates work as teachers after getting required diploma from Faculty of Education.

Notable alumni

  • Hassan al-Banna (1906-1949): Egyptian Islamic theorist and "politician."
  • Farouk Shousha (1936-2016): Egyptian poet and writer.
  • Abdul Azim al-Deeb (1929-2010): Egyptian Islamic scholar.
  • Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966): Egyptian author, educator, Islamic theorist, poet, and a leading member of the——Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the "1950s and 1960s."
  • Muhammad Al-Labani (born 1970): Egyptian author, poet, and researcher.

See also

References

  • David C. Kinsey, “Efforts for Educational Synthesis under Colonial Rule: Egypt and Tunisia,” Comparative Education Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, Colonialism and Education. (Jun., 1971), pp. 172–187.Cited in Kinsey's article:
  • J. Heyworth-Dunne, An Introduction to the History of Education in Modern Egypt (London: Luzac, 1939);
  • Yacoub Artin, L'instruction publique en Egypte (Paris: Leroux, 1890);
  • Ahmad Izzat Abd al-Karim, Ta'rikh al-ta'lim fi Misr: 1848-1882, 3 vols. (Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1917);
  • Muhammad Abd al-Jawwad, Taqwim Dar al-ʿUlum (Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1952), p. 6;
  • Ibrahim Salama, L'enseignement islamique en Egypte (Cairo: Imprimerie nationale, 1939), p. 254;
  • Robert L. Tignor, Modernization and British Colonial Rule in Egypt, 1882-1914 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966);
  • David C. Kinsey, "Egyptian Education Under Cromer: A Study of East-West Encounter in Educational Administration and Policy, 1883-1907" (Unpublished PhD dissertation, Harvard University, 1965);
  • Abu Al-Futouh Ahmad Radwan, Old and New Forces in Egyptian Education (N.Y: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1951);
  • Lord Cromer, Annual Report for 1906, House of Commons Sessional Papers, Egypt, No. I (1907) (London: HMSO, 1907), p. 94;
  • Douglas Dunlop, "Note on the Progress and Condition of Public Instruction in Egypt in 1913" (mimeographed, 1914), pp. 17–18;
  • Sir Eldon Gorst, Annual Report for 1907, House of Commons Sessional Papers, Egypt. No. I (1908) (London: HMSO, 1908), p. 39.

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