Isam al-Din Hifni Nasif Collection

Period 1921-1940 (-1949)
Total size   0.12 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born in 1899, died in 1969; Egyptian political activist from Alexandria, publicist and one of the first Egyptian socialist theorists; participated in the nationalist revolt led by the Wafd party in 1919; studied agronomy in Berlin 1919-1921 and became deeply influenced by German socialist thought and Marxism; because of his criticism not only of British imperialism but also of the Egyptian upper classes he was repeatedly persecuted and tried; founder of the magazine Ruh al-cAsr (Spirit of the Age) in 1930 and of the Hizb al-cUmmal wa al-Fallahin (Party of the Peasants and Workers) in the same year; author of `Al-Mabadi' al-Ishtirakiyya (`The Principles of Socialism') and other works, including a great many articles in newspapers and magazines, of the novel `Asifa Fawq Misr' (`Storm over Egypt') and of translations of German socialist works.

Content

Collection consisting of clippings of articles and essays by Hifni Nasif on socialism, communism, the Egyptian labour movement, the al-Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Misri (Egyptian Socialist Party), the Hizb al-cUmmal wa al-Fallahin, the economical, social, political and cultural situation in Egypt, including the position of the Islam and other subjects 1921-1940 (-1949); notes by Hifni Nasif; clippings of articles concerning Hifni Nasif and his family and of articles on his trials 1924-1938 (-1948).

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