Adil Nuwayhid
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Adil Nuwayhid is a biographer, editor, and journalist, best known for his comprehensive biographical dictionaries Mu'jam al-Mufassirin and Mu'jam A'lam al-Jaza'ir .
Career and scholarly contribution
Nuwayhid obtained a bachelor's degree (licence) and a diploma in journalism . In Algeria, he served as the head of the Press and Publishing Department . He also founded and operated the Nuwayhid Cultural Foundation for Writing, Translation, and Publishing in Beirut, which published his major works .
Nuwayhid was recognized among modern scholars as a prominent figure in the field of Arabic biographical compendia, documenting historians, hadith scholars, literati, and theologians across Islamic history . His biographical encyclopedia on Quranic exegetes, Mu'jam al-Mufassirin (Biographical Dictionary of Quran Commentators), was introduced by the Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Hasan Khalid . He also authored Mu'jam A'lam al-Jaza'ir (Dictionary of Algerian Notable Figures), which cataloged Algerian scholars, authors, poets, jurists, and judges from the early Islamic period to modern times .
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List of Works
Mujam Alam al-Jazair (Dictionary of Algerian Notable Figures: From the Dawn of Islam to the Present Age) is a biographical dictionary dedicated to documenting the lives and works of Algerian scholars, authors, poets, jurists, and judges across Islamic history.
Mu'jam al-Mufassirin: Min Sadr al-Islam wa-Hatta al-'Asr al-Hadir (Biographical Dictionary of Quran Commentators: From the Advent of Islam to the Present Day) is a two-volume biographical encyclopedia cataloging the lives and works of Quranic exegetes across Islamic history.