Our condolences: Death of Prof. Badawi.

The staff of muslimphilosophy.com joins the philosophical community around the world in offering condolences to the family of Prof. Abdel-Rahman Badawi. We are from Allah and to Him is the eventual return. Prof. Badawi passed away, on Thursday July 25, 2002, at the age of 85 years, at a hospital in Egypt. Prof. Badawi had returned to Egypt after his self imposed exile. He was a professor of philosophy at the Sorbonne. He is the author of 120 works in philosophy and literature. 

Our thoughts and our wishes are with his family.

For more information see the following links: 

• Al-Hayat's obituary. (in Arabic). 26-07-2002
• Al-Jazeera's obituary. (in Arabic). 26-07-2002
• La Vanguardia's obituary. (in Spanish). 26-07-2002
• Asharq-alawsat's obituary. (in Arabic). 26-07-2002
• The First Egyptian Philosopher in Modern Times: Egypt Magazine's Profile in 1999. (in English).
• also See al-Ahram's review of his 2 volume biography.  (in English). April 2000.
• Echo of silence, M. Anis's artilce on Badawi (April 2000 - in English).
• Al-Hayat's Special on his life and works. 27-07-2002 (in Arabic):
  • A. Wazan's retrospective. A Pioneer of Modern Arabic Philosophy passed away a Stranger.
  • M. Wahba's Call for conference: From Badwai to Huntington.
  • A. Harb's retrospective: Bright beginning and sad ending.
  • M. al-Rumahi's reminisce: Kuwait welcomed him and he ignored it.
  • M. Ali Farhat's: Five Marginalia on A. R. Badawi's thought.
  • A. Talmia: A man of Notable accomplishments.
• Islamonline's Articles on Badawi: (in Arabic)
  • A tribute to him: Abdurhaman Badawai: A runway to Islam by Said al-Lawindi
  • List of His works
  • Passing away of the philosopher Badawi: critic of July Revolution. AFP 7-26-2002
  • What they said about him by Ahmad Zain
• Al-Hayat's Retrospective on his life and works. 30-07-2002 (in Arabic):
  • Eye Witness report by Anton Maqdasi.
  • Arabic Literature and A. R. B. by: Abdelsalam binabd al-Ali.
  • A letter from A. R. B. to Mahar al-kayali. A call to find a lost manuscript.

The muslimphilosophy.com Team

last updated on 06-September-2002.