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eals an eloquent Arabic tongue and a true Arab nature. However, it is not an
exceptional example; among the members of Muhammad Ali’s family were a number
of eloquent Arabic speakers, who were fluent in writing, speaking and expressing
themselves in Arabic on multiple occasions, and provided wonderful examples
documented in the history.
Feats of Civilization and Patriotic Acts:
Among the artworks of the current exhibition, a collection which makes us highlight
the feats and achievements done by a number of brilliant sons of this dynasty which
has who felt love for Egypt and had the ambition to achieve urban renaissance and
civilization whose traces still remain so far. One of these works, a painting of the
scholar striver Prince Omar Toussoun (1944-1872), the second son of the Prince
Toussoun, the son of Wali Muhammad Said Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali.
Omar Toussoun loved the archaeological excavations; he succeeded in discovering
important antiquities. In the ruins of an
old building in the southwest of Dalla
Oasis, he found out a Coptic bronze cross
dating back to the fifth or sixth century AD
in addition to some archeological pottery.
Moreover, he discovered the ruins of the
monasteries in Wadi El-Natroun on which
he did a thorough research containing
photographs published in the Bulletin of
the Royal Archaeological Society(9).
Furthermore, among his discoveries:
head of Alexander the Great found in Gulf
of Aqaba, ruins of city submerged five
meters under the sea in Abu-Qir Bay in
1933. This latter finding was published in
the Bulletin of the Royal Archaeological
Societyin1934.(10)
More than ten years before his death, the A painting of the Prince Omar Toussoun, oil on canvas
Prince Toussoun wrote a will concerning
his rare personal library, which contained
8,000 volumes of valuable books,
manuscripts, pictures and maps, which is
rare to be acquired by just one person. He
recommended that the library be donated to
(9) Abdel Samie, Amr. «Omar Toussoun Searches for His Monasteries», an article published in Al-Ahram
newspaper, October 3rd, 2006, year 131, issue 43765.
(10) Several authors, In Memoriam: The Life of Prince Omar Toussoun and the Obituaries of Organizations
and Individuals, Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi Press, Cairo, 1365 AH = 1946 AD.
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exceptional example; among the members of Muhammad Ali’s family were a number
of eloquent Arabic speakers, who were fluent in writing, speaking and expressing
themselves in Arabic on multiple occasions, and provided wonderful examples
documented in the history.
Feats of Civilization and Patriotic Acts:
Among the artworks of the current exhibition, a collection which makes us highlight
the feats and achievements done by a number of brilliant sons of this dynasty which
has who felt love for Egypt and had the ambition to achieve urban renaissance and
civilization whose traces still remain so far. One of these works, a painting of the
scholar striver Prince Omar Toussoun (1944-1872), the second son of the Prince
Toussoun, the son of Wali Muhammad Said Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali.
Omar Toussoun loved the archaeological excavations; he succeeded in discovering
important antiquities. In the ruins of an
old building in the southwest of Dalla
Oasis, he found out a Coptic bronze cross
dating back to the fifth or sixth century AD
in addition to some archeological pottery.
Moreover, he discovered the ruins of the
monasteries in Wadi El-Natroun on which
he did a thorough research containing
photographs published in the Bulletin of
the Royal Archaeological Society(9).
Furthermore, among his discoveries:
head of Alexander the Great found in Gulf
of Aqaba, ruins of city submerged five
meters under the sea in Abu-Qir Bay in
1933. This latter finding was published in
the Bulletin of the Royal Archaeological
Societyin1934.(10)
More than ten years before his death, the A painting of the Prince Omar Toussoun, oil on canvas
Prince Toussoun wrote a will concerning
his rare personal library, which contained
8,000 volumes of valuable books,
manuscripts, pictures and maps, which is
rare to be acquired by just one person. He
recommended that the library be donated to
(9) Abdel Samie, Amr. «Omar Toussoun Searches for His Monasteries», an article published in Al-Ahram
newspaper, October 3rd, 2006, year 131, issue 43765.
(10) Several authors, In Memoriam: The Life of Prince Omar Toussoun and the Obituaries of Organizations
and Individuals, Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi Press, Cairo, 1365 AH = 1946 AD.
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