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Sector : Cultural Figures , Writers
Born in Jerusalem (1863); well educated in religion and religious law at Al-Azhar University, Cairo; possessed a keen interest in Arab and Islamic manuscripts; appointed Chief Justice of the Shari'a Court of Appeal in 1921 (for 14 years); authority on calligraphy; author of several books; died in 1941 in Cairo.
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