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Trip Planner:   Africa  /  Egypt  /  Giza Governorate  /  Giza  /  Taha Hussein Museum

Taha Hussein Museum, Giza

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Taha Hussein Museum is a historic house museum and biographical museum in Cairo, Egypt.

It is about the life, teaching, and residence of Taha Hussein, who was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals and a figurehead for the Al-Nahda—Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab World.

The museum is located in Hussein's former home, where he lived from 1955 to 1973.
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  • By kuogo g
    noboudy knowswher themusem in the pyramids stret . noidea for the place the gover ment shoud let thepepole knowsbecous its very important 
    noboudy knowswher themusem in the pyramids stret . noidea for the place the gover ment shoud let thepepole knowsbecous its very important  more »
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  • By Mahmoud Soliman
    Very nice villa and beautiful decoration, antiques and valuable stuff over there. The staff are really helpful, they assist me during the short tour with full explanation. Thanks a lot.
  • By Mr. Zedstr
    Good museum but its a little bit small because its been held in taha husseins villa and garden
  • By osama ahmed
    That is a very nice place to visit I really recommend so
  • By hesham el-ansary
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  • By mohamed rostom
    It's a museum about my favorite other
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