The education of Salama Musa

The autobiography of Egypt's famous iconoclastic writer Salama Musa. This book describes his education and early days revealing the development of his rejection of traditionalism and pro-western ideology. Salama Musa was a journalist, writer, advocator of secularism, and pioneer of Arab socialism. He wrote or translated 45 published books; his writings still influence Arab thought and he is frequently referred to. Salama Musa campaigned against traditional religion and urged Egyptian society to embrace European culture.