Background
Hanafi was born into an artistic family in Cairo.
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Hassan Hanafi
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Education
As a youth he studied the violin, which he continues to play to this day.
Career
Since 1967, he has been a professor of philosophy in Cairo, as well as a visiting professor at universities in France, the United States of America, Belgium, Kuwait and Germany. He is one of the original signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding. Hassan Hanafi"s book "An Invitation for Dialogue" has been accused by conservative Islamic scholars as heresy and apostasy.
(In Egypt) In an Egyptian magazine he declared that his main discpiles in Egypt are:
Nasr abue Zayd
Ali Mabrouk
Kareem Essayyad.
Membership
He is also a member of the Association for Intercultural, which encourages a dialogue among philosophers from all over the world.
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Religion
Christian Islam -
Political Party
Muslim Brotherhood