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Mohamed Snoussi
محمد السنوسي
(Known as "Snoussi")
Jurist, Reformist Scholar, Pioneer of Women's Education
Born
1851
Tunis, Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia
Passed Away
Nov 17, 1900
Tunis, Tunisia
Lifespan
49 years old
"An educated mother is the first school of a free and enlightened nation."
Archival Overview
Pioneering 19th-century Zitouna reformist intellectual, jurist, and early advocate of women's education whose landmark 1897 treatise championed female literacy within Islamic ethics.
Biographical Record
A distinguished professor at the University of Ez-Zitouna and royal judge, Mohamed Snoussi was a close collaborator of Kheireddine Pasha during the modernization of Sadiki College and the official gazette Al-Ra'id al-Tunisi.
In 1897, he published his visionary work Tafattuh al-Akmam an Huquq al-Mar'a fi al-Islam (The Blossoming of Buds on Women's Rights in Islam), becoming the first North African scholar to argue on theological grounds for the compulsory education and social emancipation of women.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Djellaz Cemetery
Tunis, Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia
GPS: 36.7833, 10.1833
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