Hassan Hanafi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hassan Hanafi

Egyptian professor and Chair of the philosophy department at Cairo University

Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1935

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Profession: university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Hassan Hanafi (??? ????) (born 1935 in Cairo, Egypt) is a professor and chairs the philosophy department at Cairo University.
He is a leading authority on modern Islam.Hanafi was born into an artistic family in Cairo.
As a youth he studied the violin, which he continues to play to this day.As a young man motivated by a revolutionary political activism, Hanafi associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Later Hanafi studied at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Since 1967, he has been a professor of philosophy in Cairo, as well as a visiting professor at universities in France, the United States of America, Belgium, Kuwait and Germany.