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Ihsan Abbas
Ihsan Abbas (December 2, 1920 – January 29, 2003) was a Palestinian professor at the American University of Beirut in his time,〔Samir Kassir, ''Beirut'', p. 472. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. ISBN 9780520256682〕 and was considered the premier of Arabic and Islamic studies in the East and West during the 20th century.〔("Eight scholars from around world to be awarded honorary degrees" ). ''The University of Chicago Chronicle'', Vol. 13, No. 4, October 14, 1993.〕 During his career, Abbas was renowned as one of the foremost scholars of Arabic language and literature and was a respected literary critic.〔Suheil Bushrui, "Jubran Khalil Jubran." Taken from "Essays in Arabic Literary Biography: 1850-1950," p. 184. Vol. 3 of Essays in Arabic Literary Biography, Band 17. Eds. Roger M. A. Allen, Joseph Edmund Lowry and Devin J. Stewart. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010. ISBN 9783447061414〕 Upon his death, Abbas was eulogized by University College London historian Lawrence Conrad as the custodian of Arabic heritage and culture, and a figure whose scholarship had dominated the Middle East's intellectual and cultural life for decades.〔Lawrence Conrad, "Ihsan Abbas: Custodian of Arabic Heritage and Culture." Al-Qantara, vol. xxvi, iss. #1, pp. 5-17. 2005.〕
==Life==
Abbas was born in the former Palestinain village of Ayn Ghazal near Haifa on December 2, 1920,〔 though the village's population was forced to leave in 1948 at the time of the Zionist Occupation of Palestine, and was subsequently destroyed during Operation Shoter. As a child, the only books in his family's impoverished home were the Qur'an and a famous 15th-century Arabic encyclopedia known as ''Al-Mustatraf''; Abbas would often sadden at mention of the latter due to the memories it brought him.〔Ulrich Marzolph, "Medieval Knowledge in Modern Reading: A Fifteenth Century Arabic Encyclopedia of ''Omni Re Scibili''." Taken from ''Pre-modern Encyclopaedic Texts: Proceedings of the Second Comers Congress, Groningen, 1–4 July 1996.'', pg. 407. Ed. Peter Binkley. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 1997. ISBN 9789004108301〕 Growing up in Palestine, Abbas completed high school in Haifa and Acre before attending the Arab College in Jerusalem from 1937 to 1941.〔(Ihsan Abbas ). Hosted at Visit Palestine; information provided courtesy of AllforPalestine. Copyright © 2013 Alternative Business Solutions ABS. Accessed 4 June 2013.〕 Abbas then spent the next four years teaching at a college in Safed and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Arabic literature from Cairo University in 1950; for the next ten years, Abbas traveled between his study at Cairo where he earned a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, and his work at Gordon Memorial College or, as it became known during his tenure, the University of Khartoum.〔 Abbas' master's thesis focused on Arabic literary culture in Sicily, while his doctoral dissertation was on the subject of religious aesceticism and its influence in Umayyad culture.〔 At the end of his tenure in Sudan, he was appointed to a professorship position in the Arabic literature department at the American University of Beirut, a post which he held until his retirement in 1985. Abbas remained active, performing post-retirement research projects for the University of Jordan, especially on Andalusian Arabic literature and the translation of world literature to the Arabic language.〔
Abbas was often at the center of intellectual life wherever he was living, and camaraderie with his colleagues was an important part of his life. Abbas was an avid participant in the cafe gatherings of Naguib Mahfouz in Cairo during the 1950s and 1960s.〔 In the midst of the Lebanese Civil War in 1981, perhaps the primary intellectual activity in Beirut which continued despite the conflict was a weekly meeting of intellectuals and academics at Abbas' house.〔
Abbas died in Amman, Jordan on January 29, 2003, at the age of 82 after a prolonged illness. On December 14, 2005, a day-long seminar was held at Birzeit University in Birzeit in honor of and to discuss Abbas' lifetime achievements and contributions to the fields of Arabic and Islamic studies; attendees included visiting scholars from Hebron University, Bethlehem University and An-Najah National University.〔(A Study Day at Birzeit University entitled “Ihsan Abbas in the Eyes of Researchers” ). Birzeit University 1996-2013. Accessed 4 June 2013.〕
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