Criticism and Reform - Taha Hussein

Overview of the book Criticism and Reform - Taha Hussein: The message of literature and reform were not separate from each other, but Taha Hussein adopted them simultaneously at times and with intersection at other times, and he gave them the attention they deserve, which is clearly evident in this book. Taha Hussein, the connoisseur and literary critic, who knew well that different tastes and critical approaches produce different readings of the literary work, presents in the first part of his book a selection of diverse narrative, poetic, and literary works, produced by Arab and foreign writers of various backgrounds and orientations, including: Yusuf Al-Sibai, Naguib Mahfouz, Yahya Hakki, and Albert Camus. As for the second part of the book, it deals with reformist topics related to social justice, education, jurisprudential effort, and the disputes that occurred between the author and the Al-Azhar Al-Sharif institution in Egypt regarding a group of controversial issues.