Ahmad Rida
Ahmad Rida | |
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political theory | |
| Literary movement | Nahda |
| Notable works | Matn al-Lugha ("Lexicon of the Arabic Language") Radd al-ʻammiyya ila al-fusḥa ("Tracing the Colloquial to the Classical") A series of other published works, as well as major essays and articles published in Al-Irfan, including "What is a Nation?" (1910) and "Mitwalis and Shi'is in Jabal `Amil" (1911) |
Rida was also heavily involved in Arab nationalist politics and has been variously described as "one of the leading reformers in Syria" and among the "key players in the turn-of-the-century stirrings of Arabism, local patriotism, and even defenses of Shi'i particularism".[1]
He argued for pan-Arab unity, and was among the first scholars in
Political activism and social reform
Born in
He was one of the three reformers, alongside historian
The Trio played a principal role in forming Jabal Amel's political and cultural history, being the first Shi'i intellectuals to speak of an Arab nation and of an Arab state, and to formulate the arguments of the "Arabism" of the Shi'is.[5][6] Rida and his companions spent two months in Aley's military prison, because of the group's violent stands against the Ottoman rule.[7][8]
Legacy
Sheikh Ahmad Rida wrote the important dictionary "Matn al-Lugha". As a writer, a poet and a linguist, he was a member of the
See also
- Al-Nahda
- Muhammad Jaber Al Safa
References
- ^ Weiss, Max (2010). In the Shadow of Sectarianism: Law, Shi`ism, and the Making of Modern Lebanon, p.57
- ^ Chalabi, Tamara (2006). The Shi'is of Jabal `Amil and the New Lebanon: Community and Nation-State, 1918-1943, p.34
- ^ Ruald, Anne Sophie (2011). Religious Minorities in the Middle East: Domination, Self-Empowerment, Accommodation , p.249
- ^ Dagher, Carole H. (2002). Bring Down the Walls: Lebanon's Post-War Challenge, p.33
- ^ Firro, Kais (2003). Inventing Lebanon: Nationalism and the State Under the Mandate, p.227
- ^ Chalabi (2006), p.34
- ^ Harris, William (2012). Lebanon: A History, 600-2011, p.173
- ^ Chalabi (2006), p.50-2
External links
- Short biography on asharqalarabi.org.uk, in Arabic
- Summary of book written about Ahmad Rida, in Arabic
- Short biography on cultural blog, in Arabic
- Short biography on alnabatieh.com, in Arabic
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