Died 1874.
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Fransīs Marrāsh
Francis bin Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash, also known as Francis al-Marrash or Francis Marrash al-Halabi, was a Syrian scholar, publicist, writer and poet of the Nahda or the Arab Renaissance, and a physician. Most of his works revolve around science, history and religion, analysed under an epistemological light. He traveled throughout West Asia and France in his youth, and after some medical tr…
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science · Syrian writer and poet · poet · writer · physician · opinion journalist · literary scholar · also Fransīs Marrāsh, Francis Marrash, Francis bin Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash, Francis al-Marrash, Francis Marrash al-Halabi, Marrāsh
Born 29 June 1836 · Died 1874 · Q4899
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1872· 1 entry
Marrash rejected even the traditional genres of Arabic poetry, particularly panegyrics and lampoons
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1870· 2 entries
Marrash would again compare the East and the West, writing that "while the East sank deeper into darkness, the West embraced light"
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When distinguishing the notion of fatherland from that of nation and applying the latter to the region of Syria, Marrash would point to the role played by language, among other factors, in counterbalancing religious and
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1867· 1 entry
Marrash published Rihlat Baris, an account of his second journey to Paris
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1866· 1 entry
So as to continue his medical education at a school
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1853· 1 entry
Francis accompanied his father once again, on a business trip of several months to Beirut, where there was a noticeable presence and cultural influence of Europeans
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1836· 1 entry
Born 1836-06-29.
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