Traveling Ideas: Rifa'a al-Tahtawi
WORLDHISTORY PROJECT1200 / LESSON 4.5OPENERTRAVELING IDEAS: RIFA’A AL-TAHTAWIUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Traveling Ideas:Rifa'a al-Tahtawi”, OER Project, www.oerproject.com/PurposeReflect on what you’ve learned about nationalism by analyzing how Rifa’a al-Tahtawi, a prominent Egyptian intellectual, experienced this period.Process1.Open and quickly look over the graphic biography Rifa’a al-Tahtawi. What do you notice first? What do you think this graphic biography will be about?2.After you read the graphic biography, respond to the following questions: •How did al-Tahtawi adapt French ideas to fit into an Egyptian context?•Summarize the main idea of this graphic biography in one sentence.