Wasif Boutros-Ghali
Wasif Boutros-Ghali , also Wasef Boutros-Ghali ( Arabic واصف بطرس غالي, DMG Wāṣif Buṭrus Ġālī ; * April 14, 1878 in Cairo ; † 1958 ) was an Egyptian politician and writer.
biography
Wasif Boutros-Ghali came from a respected Coptic family. He was born in the Cairo district of Faggala in 1878 as the second son of the Egyptian Prime Minister Boutros Ghali . His older brother Youssef was the father of Boutros Boutros-Ghali , who became Secretary General of the United Nations .
After graduating from school in Cairo, he completed a law degree in Paris , returned to his hometown in 1904 and became a lawyer. He was a member of the nationalist Wafd party and served as Egyptian foreign minister in four cabinets between 1924 and 1937 .
In his literary work, Boutros-Ghali tried to point out the similarities between the ideals of European chivalry , which he called “specifically French”, and the Arab Furusiyya (art of riding).
In 1939 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the French Legion of Honor. He died in January 1958.
Works (selection)
- Le jardin des fleurs, essais sur la poésie arabe, et morceaux choisis . Mercure de France , Paris 1913. Foreword by Jules Lemaître .
- Pour le peuple Egypt . Ligue des droits de l'homme et du citoyen, Paris 1920. With contributions by Alphonse Aulard , Wasif Boutros-Ghali, Victor Margueritte and Gabriel Séailles (1852–1923).
- Taqālīd al-furūsiyyaẗ ʿinda al-ʿArab , Cairo 1960. Foreword by Taha Hussein .
- La tradition chevaleresque des Arabes , Paris 1919. New edition: Casablanca 1996, with a foreword by Boutros Boutros Ghali .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boutros-Ghali, Wasif |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | واصف بطرس غالي (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian politician and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo , Egypt |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1958 |