Professor of Arabic literature, founder and president of the University of Jordan (1962-68), Ambassador of Jordan to Saudi Arabia (1977-78), and Minister of Education in Jordan (1985-89)
Title
Professor of Arabic Literature, First President of the University of Jordan, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Minister of Education
Academic work
Notable works
Masadir al-Adab al-Jaahili, Nasha'tu al-Shi'r al-Jahili wa Tatawuruhu - Dirasah fil Manhaj, Naqd al-Kitab fi al-Shi'r al-Jahili, Tahqiqat fi al-Lughat wal-Adab, Nahnu wal-Akhar Sira' wal-Hiwar
He was born in Aqaba in Jordan in 1922 to a Jordanian father and Lebanese mother.
He studied at Cairo University and graduated with a doctorate degree with an excellent grade in 1955. He lectured in a number of universities and research institutes in Jordan, Libya, and Egypt and was a member of the Arabic language academies in Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Morocco. He served as Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 1977 to 1978, and headed several academies and councils including the Royal Academy for Research on Islamic Civilization (Aal al-Bayt Foundation), the board of trustees at Al-Isra University in Amman, and the Board of Trustees of the Abdul Majeed Shoman International Award for Jerusalem.[4]
He served as the first president of the University of Jordan from 1962 until 1968 and also worked as a professor there.
He passed away in at Amman Surgical Hospital. He was prayed over after 'Asr prayer in the Jordanian Mosque.
