Abd al-Aziz Sharaf
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Abd al-Aziz Sharaf was an Egyptian scholar of media studies and literary criticism known for his research on Arabic press journalism and communication theory .
Scholarship and Critical Approach
Sharaf approached journalistic writing through media and communication theory, analyzing the media process as an interactive transmission between a sender and a receiver through an informational medium within broader psychological, social, and cultural contexts . In Cairo in May 1974, he completed his specialized study Fann al-Maqāl al-Ṣaḥafī fī Adab Ṭāhā Ḥusayn (The Art of the Journalistic Essay in the Literature of Taha Husayn), examining the development of journalistic essay styles—including narrative, descriptive, and symbolic techniques—and how they served the communicative and social functions of the periodical press .
His academic output in mass communication also included the textbook Al-Madkhal ilā Wasāʾil al-Iʿlām (Introduction to Mass Media) . In 1999, he collaborated with Abd al-Latif Hamza on the ninth volume of Adab al-Maqālah al-Ṣaḥafiyyah (Literature of the Journalistic Essay), published by the General Egyptian Book Organization .
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List of Works
Completed in Cairo in May 1974, Fann al-Maqal al-Sahafi fi Adab Taha Husayn (The Art of the Journalistic Essay in the Literature of Taha Husayn) is a critical and media-theory study. The work examines the journalistic essays of Taha Husayn, analyzing their communicative functions, literary and editorial techniques, and role in modern Egyptian intellectual life.