Ibrahim al-Yaziji

Ibrahim al-Yaziji (1847-1906) was a Lebanese scholar who contributed to Arab renaissance of late nineteenth century. He is known as one of the 'humanists of Beirut' who advocated attention to academics and modernization of Arabic language.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Language is the mirror of a nation, the image of its civilization, the expression of its society, the picture of its character and peculiarities and the register of all the knowledge, technique, and arts it possesses. It fixes everything that can be expressed in language, everything that can be conceived in the mind or all those ideas which touch upon their sensual life.

Rafael Enriquez De Zayas