Sergio Noja Noseda (7 July 193131 January 2008) was an Italian professor of

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and literature and

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Life

Noja Noseda was born in Pola, the son of Ugo Noja and Rina Noja Amati (also known as Amabile), descending from an ancient family of aristocratic origins coming from Spain in the 16th century which eventually settled in Italy. After High School, he attended the

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in Milan where he graduated in Economics. During this period he also served as president of the "Società della Taula" (The Bocconi University Senior Society). At the same time as he made a career in a private company,

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Italia, which would carry him to the rank of director general, he always had a deep interest in oriental studies. He was directed and taught by Monsignor Giovanni Galbiati in the study of the Arabic language. Having been first appointed Professor of Islamic law at the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

, he later became Professor of Arabic language and literature at the

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, colloquially the Catholic University of Milan () or simply the Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 1921. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy, with satellite campuses in B ...

of Milan where he maintained the chair in Arabic language and literature for more than twenty years. He died in a car accident in 2008, aged 76.

Bibliography

* ''Breve storia dei popoli arabi''. Milano: A. Mondadori, 1997. 292 p. * ''Storia dei popoli dell'Islàm''. Milano: A. Mondadori. * ''L'islàm dell'immobilismo: dalla caduta di Bagdàd allo sbarco di Napoleone in Egitto, 1258-1798''. Milano: A. Mondadori, 1994. 356 p. * ''L'Islam moderno: dalla conquista napoleonica dell'Egitto al ritiro dell'Armata Rossa dall'Afghanistan''. Milano: Mondadori, 1990. 314 p.

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