Mamdouh Fakhri
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Mamdouh Fakhri was an Islamic educator and writer who served as a lecturer at the Islamic University of Madinah .
Education and Academic Career
Fakhri pursued his religious education in Cairo, where he studied at al-Azhar . During his student years in Cairo, he frequented the residence and library of the Syrian-Egyptian journalist and scholar Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib on Rawdah Island during the latter's final years .
He later joined the faculty of the Islamic University of Madinah, serving as an instructor in the Faculty of Da'wah and Usul al-Din . In addition to teaching, he participated in university symposia and academic events, including delivering a lecture on the spiritual life of students during an 1389 AH campus seminar alongside scholars such as Ibrahim al-Salqini .
Intellectual Contributions
Fakhri contributed articles and treatises to the scholarly journal of the Islamic University of Madinah (Majallat al-Jami‘ah al-Islamiyyah). In Rajab 1389 AH (1969 CE), he published al-Ghazw al-Fikri ("The Intellectual Invasion"), an analysis of Western political, cultural, and educational influences in the Muslim world following the fall of the Ottoman Caliphate, focusing on secularism, nationalism, and modern educational policy . Following the death of al-Khatib, he authored the biographical tribute Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib: Lamahat min Hayatih wa-Qabasat min Afkarih ("Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib: Glimpses of His Life and Reflections from His Thought"), documenting his personal acquaintance with al-Khatib and reviewing his reformist and journalistic legacy . He also published on educational topics, including an essay addressing the responsibilities of university students in balancing academic study and outreach .
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al-Ghazw al-Fikri (The Intellectual Invasion) is an Islamic treatise examining Western ideological and cultural influence across the Muslim world following the fall of the Ottoman Caliphate. Published in Rajab 1389 AH (1969 CE) in Majallat al-Jami‘ah al-Islamiyyah, it explores the strategies, manifestations, and instruments of European cultural and intellectual hegemony.
Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib: Lamahat min Hayatih wa-Qabasat min Afkarih is a biographical and intellectual monograph providing an overview of the life, activism, and intellectual legacy of the Islamic writer and editor Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib. Structured as an obituary and tribute, the work surveys his life chronologically before analyzing his core principles and reformist thought.