Said A. Ashour (; 1922–2009) was a professor of History at

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. He authored some 22 books and published numerous papers and articles over his long career. Ashour was Chair of

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section for many decades at the history departments of

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in Lebanon and

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. Ashour taught at

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and was a

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in several universities throughout the Middle East. Ashour was a long-serving chairman of the Society of Arab Historians, an academic institute encompassing membership from the entire

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and beyond.

Career

Ashour worked as a visiting professor at the

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in 1961 for one year, the

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in 1973, the Beirut Arab University during the period from 1973 to 1975, and the Kuwait University from 1975 to 1985, and he also participated in the founding committee that planned to establish Sultan Qaboos University in Oman during the period From 1983 to 1985, and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom from 1985 to 1987, and during his stay there he visited a number of British universities such as the University of Oxford, the University of London and the University of Exeter, and in the latter, Abd al-Hayy Shaban invited him to visit the university and give his lectures there and to see its curricula in the study of history.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashour, Said Egyptian scientists 1922 births 2009 deaths Academic staff of Cairo University Academic staff of Beirut Arab University Egyptian expatriates in Algeria Egyptian expatriates in Saudi Arabia Egyptian expatriates in Kuwait Egyptian expatriates in Lebanon Egyptian expatriates in Oman Egyptian expatriates in the United Kingdom