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'''Gamal Hamdan''' ({{Lang-arz|جمال حمدان}}) (February 2, 1928 – April 17, 1993) was an Egyptian [[scholar]] and [[geographer]]. Among his most prominent books are ''The Personality of Egypt'', ''Studies of the Arab World'', and ''The Contemporary Islamic World Geography'', which form the trilogy on Egypt's natural, economic, political, and cultural character and its position in the world.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Story/98648/Dr.-Gamal-Hemdan |url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/98648/Dr.-Gamal-Hemdan--(1928-1993)?lang=en-us |publisher=State Infromation Service (SIS)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Deyaa' |first=Nada |date=January 27, 2020 |title=Gamal Hamdan's 'Character of Egypt' shelves depleted |url=https://dailynewsegypt.com/2020/01/27/gamal-hamdans-character-of-egypt-shelves-depleted/ |access-date=February 8, 2023 |website=Daily News Egypt}}</ref> |
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'''Gamal Hamdan''' ([[Egyptian Arabic|Arabic]]: جمال حمدان; February 2, 1928 – April 17, 1993) was an Egyptian [[geographer]] and scholar known for his work on [[Egypt|Egypt's]] geography, history, and culture.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=29 December 2015 |title=Dr. Gamal Hemdan (1928-1993) |url=https://sis.gov.eg/Story/98648/Dr.-Gamal-Hemdan--(1928-1993)?lang=en-us |access-date=18 October 2024 |website=Egyptian State Information Service}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} |
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== Early life and education == |
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==Birth== |
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Hamdan was born in the [[Qalyubia Governorate]] |
Hamdan was born on February 2, 1928, in the [[Qalyubia Governorate]], Egypt.<ref name=":0" /> He received his primary and secondary education in Egypt, showing an early aptitude for geography. Hamdan pursued higher education at [[Cairo University]], where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Following his undergraduate studies, Hamdan received a scholarship to study at the [[University of Reading]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. There, he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees under the guidance of Professor Austen Miller, a prominent geographer of the time.<ref name=":0" />{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} |
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==Education== |
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== Academic career and contributions == |
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He became enrolled in primary school at the age of eight. He then moved to the prestigious Tawfiqiyya [[secondary school]], a school reputed for its high standards in education and sports facilities nationally. It was there he discovered his love and [[aptitude|innate talent]] for [[geography]].<ref name=":1" /> |
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After completing his doctoral studies, Hamdan returned to Egypt and became a faculty member at Cairo University.<ref name=":0" /> His academic work primarily focused on the geography, history, and culture of Egypt and the Arab world.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} |
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Having completed his secondary education in 1944 with distinction, ranking sixth on the list of graduates nationwide, he joined the Department of Geography at the [[Cairo University]]. |
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"The Personality of Egypt", one book of his trilogy on Egypt's character and its position in the world, is considered his magnum opus,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2014 |title=Book Release: Reprint of Gamal Hamdan's 'The Character of Egypt' |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/18/0/112170/Books/Book-Release-Reprint-of-Gamal-Hamdans-The-Characte.aspx |access-date=18 October 2024 |website=Ahram Online}}</ref> taking ten years to complete and drawing from over 900 references in multiple languages. |
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At the age of twenty, he obtained his Baccalaureate of Arts with Distinction. |
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== Legacy == |
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He was soon appointed as a staff member at the Faculty of Arts, where he was granted a scholarship at the [[University of Reading]], UK, to obtain his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. There, he became a student of the eminent English geographer, [[professor]] Austen Miller<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-11 |title=Gamal Hemdan: Egypt's Faithful lover |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/61795/Gamal-Hemdan-Egypt-s-Faithful-lover |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=EgyptToday}}</ref> |
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* Gamal Hamdan was assassinated on April 17, 1993. His work continues to be studied and referenced in academic circles, particularly in the fields of Egyptian and Arab world studies. |
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==Major viewpoints and thoughts== |
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{{Attribution needed|reason=While very poetic, this needs to be verified|date=February 2023}}Hamdan’s intellectual and geographical achievements constituted the most important accomplishment of the Egyptian geographical school,{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}<ref name="Story/98648/Dr.-Gamal-Hemdan">{{Cite web|title=Story/98648/Dr.-Gamal-Hemdan|url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/98648/Dr.-Gamal-Hemdan--(1928-1993)?lang=en-us}}</ref> that stresses Egypt’s uniqueness and singularity in terms of time and place, of geography and [[history]]. In his works, he adopted a multi-disciplinary approach, encompassing geography, history, [[sociology]], [[politics]], and [[culture]]. |
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Hamdan’s writings manifest a unique wealth of knowledge, an immense power of meditation and [[observation]], and a distinct, devoted love of Egypt. His was the [[connoisseur]]’s love of the components of a unique gem. According to the English language publication ''[[Egypt Today]]'', Hamdan could delineate and interpret the Egyptian personality as influenced by location and geographical considerations, by utilizing exceptional resources{{Clarify|reason=interesting but more details required|date=March 2023}}.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Major works== |
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Hamdan wrote in both Arabic and [[English language|English]], including More than 25+ (59) books in Arabic and eight in English, in addition To lots of articles , published in [[newspaper]]s, [[magazine]]s and other publications. The outlook of his writings are futuristic in nature, encompassing predictions on several major events considered by Hamdan to be either compatible or incompatible with geographical facts. One of these predictions was the disintegration of the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> |
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Hamdan's encyclopedic work ''[[The Personality of Egypt]]'', took ten years to complete using 245 Arabic language and 691 foreign language [[reference book]]s. The book expounds the constituent factors making up the Egyptian personality since the early days of the [[Pharaoh]]s. Hamden considers Egypt to be the central chapter of the geography book, which turned into the opening chapter of the history book, maintaining a coherent civilization across history. Egypt, to Hamdan, was a unique unrepetitive geographical anomaly.{{Clarify|reason="unrepetitive anomaly" referring Egypt's geopolitical status|date=February 2023}} Apart from the “Description of Egypt”, which appeared in print during the French Expedition to Egypt, ''The Personality of Egypt'' is considered an unprecedented scientific masterpiece on [[Egypt]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
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==Main prizes and merit awards== |
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Dr. Gamal Hamdan was awarded several scientific prizes and merit awards including:<ref name=":0" /> |
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* State Incentive Prize for Arts and Letters, 1959. |
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* State Merit Prize for Social Science, 1986. |
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* Scientific Criticism Award, by the State of [[Kuwait]], 1986. |
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* Order of Merit of the First Class for Science and Arts, 1988. |
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In line with his dedication to science and his ascetic attitude to formalities, he refused to break up with his self-imposed solitude. Apart from the first prize awarded to him in 1959, he refused to receive any of the other prizes.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
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Hamdan died on April 17, 1993. His works had a far-reaching impact on the entire field of social sciences that was almost tantamount to a revolution in geography.{{How|date=August 2023}}{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}<ref name="Story/98648/Dr.-Gamal-Hemdan"/> His unique literary style turned the science of geography into a universal, encyclopedic social science. Taking geography as an access road to other branches, he used this multi-disciplinary approach to study Egypt’s location, history, culture, and future.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
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==Books== |
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===In Arabic=== |
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* ''Studies on the Arab World'', Cairo, 1958. |
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* ''Patterns of Environments'', Cairo, 1958. |
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* ''Study on Urban Geography'', Cairo 1958. |
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* ''The Arab City'', Cairo 1964. |
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* ''Arabs'Oil'', Cairo, 1964. |
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* ''Colonisation and Liberation in the Arab World'', Cairo, 1964. |
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* ''Anthropology of Jews, Dar el-Helal Publications'', Cairo, 1967. |
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* ''Egypt's Identity, Dar el-Helal Publications'', Cairo, 1967. |
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* ''The Strategy of Colonisation and Liberation'', Cairo, 1978. |
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* ''Introduction to "Cairo" by Desmond Stewart'', translated by Yehya Haqqi, 1969. |
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* ''The Contemporary Islamic World'', Cairo, 1971. |
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* ''Between Europe and Aisa, A Study in the Geographic Counterparts'', Cairo, 1972. |
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* ''The Arab Republic of Libya, A Study in Geopolitics'', Cairo 1973. |
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* ''6 October War in the International Strategy'', Cairo, 1974. |
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* ''The Suez Canal'', Cairo, 1975. |
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* ''New Africa'', Cairo, 1975. |
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* ''Egypt's Identity, A Study in the Genius of the Place'', four volumes, Cairo, 1975-84. |
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=== In English === |
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* ''Population of the Nile Mid-Delta, Past and Present, Reading University'', June 1953, 2 volumes. |
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* ''Khartoum : Study of a City'', Geog. Review, 1956. |
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* ''Studies in Egyptian Urbanism'', Cairo, 1960. |
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* ''Evolution of Irrigation and Agriculture in Egypt. A History of Land Use in Arid Regions'', Ed. L. |
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* ''Dubley Stamp UNESCO'', Paris, 1961. |
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* ''Egypt : the Land and the People, A Guide Book to Geology'', 1962. |
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* ''Pattern of Medieval Urbanism in Arab World'', Geog. Review, April 1962. |
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* ''A Political Map of the New Africa'', Geog. Review October 1963. |
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* ''The Four Dimensions of Egypt''. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Mohamed Riad]] |
* [[Mohamed Riad]] |
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==References== |
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| Born | February 4, 1928 Nai village, Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt |
| Died | April 17, 1993 (aged 65) Cairo, Egypt |
Gamal Hamdan (Arabic: جمال حمدان; February 2, 1928 – April 17, 1993) was an Egyptian geographer and scholar known for his work on Egypt's geography, history, and culture.[1][citation needed]
Early life and education
[edit]Hamdan was born on February 2, 1928, in the Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt.[1] He received his primary and secondary education in Egypt, showing an early aptitude for geography. Hamdan pursued higher education at Cairo University, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction.[1]
Following his undergraduate studies, Hamdan received a scholarship to study at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. There, he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees under the guidance of Professor Austen Miller, a prominent geographer of the time.[1][citation needed]
Academic career and contributions
[edit]After completing his doctoral studies, Hamdan returned to Egypt and became a faculty member at Cairo University.[1] His academic work primarily focused on the geography, history, and culture of Egypt and the Arab world.[citation needed]
"The Personality of Egypt", one book of his trilogy on Egypt's character and its position in the world, is considered his magnum opus,[1][2] taking ten years to complete and drawing from over 900 references in multiple languages.
Legacy
[edit]- Gamal Hamdan was assassinated on April 17, 1993. His work continues to be studied and referenced in academic circles, particularly in the fields of Egyptian and Arab world studies.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Dr. Gamal Hemdan (1928-1993)". Egyptian State Information Service. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Book Release: Reprint of Gamal Hamdan's 'The Character of Egypt'". Ahram Online. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
