19 Facts About Bayoumi Andil

Bayoumi Andil was an Egyptian linguist and writer who authored many books on Egyptian culture and Modern Egyptian language.

Bayoumi Andil argues that the "true" Egyptian spirit survived only in the oral culture of illiterate Egyptians, specially rural Egyptians, whose illiteracy protected their national identity from disappearing.

Bayoumi Andil stated that traditional Egyptian culture is pluralistic and respectful of women.

Bayoumi Andil espoused secularism and scientific thought, and called linguistics a "noble" field of study.

Bayoumi Andil was a rural Egyptian from a village in Monoufia, Egypt.

Bayoumi Andil lived the first thirty years of his life in rural Egypt, which informed his view of the linguistics and language of the country.

Bayoumi Andil was known for his sharp, uncompromising character; a friend of his, an Egyptian writer, remarked that such personality trait was due to Andil's rural Egyptian nature.

Bayoumi Andil wrote many articles and books about modern Egyptian linguistics and the history of language in the country.

Bayoumi Andil called on the Egyptians to revive ancient Egyptian, particularly in its Coptic stage, and to study the ancient Egyptian language in all of its stages.

Bayoumi Andil argued the work did not adequately define Egyptian culture.

Bayoumi Andil argued that the culture of a nation is the sum total of the value systems created by its people over the entire course of the nation's history.

Bayoumi Andil believed that Egyptian culture is the outcome of an agriculture-based civilisation and that Egyptian forefathers were the first to establish the solar calendar, the bases of medicine and geometry.

Bayoumi Andil focused on plurality as an important dimension of Egyptian culture.

Bayoumi Andil has a telling story to confirm his view of the inherent gentleness of Egyptians.

Bayoumi Andil heard the story from a Palestinian friend who was living in Gaza during the Israeli invasion in 1956.

Bayoumi Andil was a staunch defender of illiterate Egyptians for the role they played in preserving and transmitting Egyptian culture from one generation to the next.

Bayoumi Andil concluded that the only way out of this dark tunnel is to revive secular Egyptian nationalism.

Bayoumi Andil remarked on how several nations managed, thanks to their intellectuals, to preserve the national identity of their homeland.

In contrast, Bayoumi Andil maintained that the "educated Egyptians" have an inferiority complex, which prevails in their attitude toward true Egyptian culture; whereas illiterate Egyptians, specially rural Egyptians, preserved the true Egyptian spirit in their oral culture and traditional cultural practices.