Al-Ahwānī, Aḥmad Fuʾād - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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von Kügelgen, Anke
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Aḥmad Fuʾād al-Ahwānī (1908-70) was an Egyptian professor of Islamic philosophy who promulgated modern Western philosophy and psychology. He was born in Cairo and attended a kuttāb and state-run schools there. In 1929, after four years at the Egyptian University (now Cairo University), he graduated with a degree in philosophy and in 1931 received the diploma of the High Institute of Education ( Maʿhad al-Tarbiya al-ʿĀlī ). Until 1944 he taught at a secondary school, continued his research, and lectured in Spain, Germany, Italy, and France. He