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Al-Jahiz: The secret behind his name and how his books killed him
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He was nicknamed the Father of Literature, yet books killed him! He is Al-Jahiz, the polymath who used to spend his nights in bookstores, engrossed in reading. So who was he, and how did his books kill him? That's what we'll find out in this video. Who was Al-Jahiz? Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani, known as Al-Jahiz, is considered one of the most important and famous literary figures of the Abbasid era.
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