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Shibli Shumayyil (Arabic: شبلي شميل) (b. 1850–d. 1917) was a Lebanese doctor who published on topics such as Islamic socialism and social Darwinism in leading Arabic-language journals of his day.
Early life and education
editShibli Shumayyil was born in 1850 to a Greek Catholic family in Kfarshima, Lebanon.[1] After leaving Kfarshima, Shumayyil would go to the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut.[1]
Career
editTrained as a doctor at college, he would practice in Tanta for a decade before moving to Cairo. In Cairo, he would continue practicing as a doctor, and, in 1886, he would start a medical journal called Al-Shifa. This journal would fail five years later, though he would write for other journals, such as al-Muqtataf.[1][2]
Politics
editShumayyil classed himself as a socialist Darwinist. This included his argument that rather than competition, that man relied on cooperation to progress. As part of his socialist beliefs, Shumayyil thought that the government should guarantee employment, provide education, medical care, and control wages. He also advocated against the current legal system and advocated for its removal.[1]
Historian Fawaz Gerges describes Shumayyil as "an ardent proponent of Darwinism, materialism, and socialism" and names him as a key contributor to influential scientific journals of his time.[2]
Death
editShumayyil died in January 1917.
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Reid, Donald M. “The Syrian Christians and Early Socialism in the Arab World.” International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1974, pp. 177–193. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/162588.
- ^ a b Gerges, Fawaz A. (2018). Making the Arab world : Nasser, Qutb, and the clash that shaped the Middle East. Princeton, New Jersey. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-4008-9007-1. OCLC 1022845920.
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