Faculty of Dar Al-Uloom, Cairo University

Faculty of Dar al-Uloom, Cairo University

كلية دار العلوم
Type	Public
Established	1872 (1872)
President	Ahmed Mohamed Balboula
Location	Cairo University , Egypt 30.02760°N 31.21014°E / 30.02760; 31.21014
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UNIMED
Website	www.darelom.cu.edu.eg

Dar al-Uloom (Arabic: دار العلوم, romanized: Dār al-ʿUlūm, lit. 'House of Sciences') is an educational institution designed to produce students with both an Islamic and modern secondary education. It was founded in 1871 and since 1946 it has been incorporated as a faculty of Cairo University, being now commonly called Faculty of Dar al-Uloom (كلية دار العلوم, Kulliyyat Dār al-ʿUlūm).

The Faculty has 6 majors (B.A., M.A. and Ph.D.) in Islamic studies, Arabic language, and philosophy. Most of graduates work as teachers after getting required diploma from Faculty of Education.

Notable alumni

• Hassan al-Banna (1906-1949): Egyptian Islamic theorist and politician.
• Farouk Shousha (1936-2016): Egyptian poet and writer.
• Abdul Azim al-Deeb (1929-2010): Egyptian Islamic scholar.
• Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966): Egyptian author, educator, Islamic theorist, poet, and a leading member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and 1960s.
• Muhammad Al-Labani (born 1970): Egyptian author, poet, and researcher.

See also

• Darul uloom (disambiguation)

References

• David C. Kinsey, “Efforts for Educational Synthesis under Colonial Rule: Egypt and Tunisia,” Comparative Education Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, Colonialism and Education. (Jun., 1971), pp. 172–187.Cited in Kinsey's article:
• J. Heyworth-Dunne, An Introduction to the History of Education in Modern Egypt (London: Luzac, 1939);
• Yacoub Artin, L'instruction publique en Egypte (Paris: Leroux, 1890);
• Ahmad Izzat Abd al-Karim, Ta'rikh al-ta'lim fi Misr: 1848-1882, 3 vols. (Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1917);
• Muhammad Abd al-Jawwad, Taqwim Dar al-ʿUlum (Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1952), p. 6;
• Ibrahim Salama, L'enseignement islamique en Egypte (Cairo: Imprimerie nationale, 1939), p. 254;
• Robert L. Tignor, Modernization and British Colonial Rule in Egypt, 1882-1914 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966);
• David C. Kinsey, "Egyptian Education Under Cromer: A Study of East-West Encounter in Educational Administration and Policy, 1883-1907" (Unpublished PhD dissertation, Harvard University, 1965);
• Abu Al-Futouh Ahmad Radwan, Old and New Forces in Egyptian Education (N.Y: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1951);
• Lord Cromer, Annual Report for 1906, House of Commons Sessional Papers, Egypt, No. I (1907) (London: HMSO, 1907), p. 94;
• Douglas Dunlop, "Note on the Progress and Condition of Public Instruction in Egypt in 1913" (mimeographed, 1914), pp. 17–18;
• Sir Eldon Gorst, Annual Report for 1907, House of Commons Sessional Papers, Egypt. No. I (1908) (London: HMSO, 1908), p. 39.