Badr Al Din Abu Ghazi (1920–1983) was an Egyptian art critic and writer who served as the minister of culture between 1970 and 1971.
Badr Al Din Abu Ghazi | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 18 November 1970 – 14 May 1971 | |
| President | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Preceded by | Tharwat Okasha |
| Succeeded by | Ismail Ghanem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1920 |
| Died | 1983 (aged 62–63) |
| Children | Emad Abu Ghazi |
Biography
editAbu Ghazi was born in 1920.[1][2] He was a nephew of the leading Egyptian sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar.[1]
Abu Ghazi was an art critic by profession and worked at various publications. He started his career at Al Fossoul which was published by Mohamed Zaki Abdel Kader.[3] In the early 1950s he joined the publications Rose Al Yusuf and Al Akhbar.[3] Then he worked for Al Hilal and for Al Majalla.[3] The editor of the latter was Yahya Haqqi in the 1960s.[3] In addition to such journalist activities Abu Ghazi was one of the members of the Supreme Council for Arts, Literature, and Social Science in the 1960s.[4]
On 18 November 1970 Abu Ghazi was appointed minister of culture replacing Tharwat Okasha in the post.[5] Abu Ghazi's term ended on 14 May 1971 when Ismail Ghanem was named the minister of culture.[5] Then Abu Ghazi served as the head of an art institution in Egypt, namely Société des amis de l’art, from 1972 to 1983.[3]
His son, Emad Abu Ghazi, also served as the minister of culture in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf in 2011.[1] Abu Ghazi died in 1983.[2][3]
Books
editAbu Ghazi published various books one of which was about the Egyptian sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar.[2] This book is cited as the most comprehensive study on Mokhtar.[2] Abu Ghazi also published another book on Mokhtar which was translated into French in 1949.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Sayed Mahmoud (7 March 2011). "Warm welcome for Abou-Ghazi as culture minister in Sharaf's cabinet". Ahram Online. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Silvia Naef (2017). "Writing the History of Modern Art in the Arab World: Documents, Theories and Realities". In Julia Allerstorfer; Monika Leisch-Kiesl (eds.). »Global Art History« Transkulturelle Verortungen von Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft. Biefeld: transcript Verlag. pp. 109–126. doi:10.1515/9783839440612-008. ISBN 978-3-8394-4061-2.
- ^ a b c d e f Magda Saadedin (2016). "Writing about modern art in Egypt". Rawi (8). Archived from the original on 8 November 2018.
- ^ Chihab El Khachab (2021). "A brief history of the future of culture in Egypt". Journal of the African Literature Association. 15 (3): 371. doi:10.1080/21674736.2021.1935065. S2CID 237823111.
- ^ a b "Previous Ministers". Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020.