Awn Alsharif Qasim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sudanese writer and politician
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Place of Birth: Khartoum, Sudan
About Awn Alsharif Qasim
- Awn Al-Sharif Qasim (Arabic: ??? ?????? ???? ?) (June 16, 1933 – January 19, 2006) was a prolific Sudanese writer, encyclopedist, a prominent scholar, a powerful community leader, a man of charity and one of Sudan's leading experts on Arabic language and literature. 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 3 decades of the 20th century.
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