Dispute and Criticism - Taha Hussein

The true intellectual always feels responsible towards his nation and its issues, so he works on presenting its problems, alerting them to their seriousness, and then proposing the necessary solutions to eliminate them, which is what the great writer Taha Hussein did throughout his life, as he stopped his pen on the service of Arabic literature by studying and investigating. Because he realized that literature is the incubator of the nation's heritage and an important source for studying its history, as it expresses its spirit and the philosophy of its people, and even reflects their tastes. In this book, he alerts us to the obstacles facing Arabic literature. such as the absence of freedoms, and the deterioration of education - at different stages -; Our literary production has weakened, and generations have appeared who read little, and if they read, they often search for the easy, light text with simple language that approaches the vernacular. It was necessary for the dean of literature to speak out with his opposition and criticism of those writers who did not preserve our culture its proper place.