Muhammad Jaber Al-Ansari…an intellectual icon who passes away and leaves an unforgettable literary legacy
2024/12/28 3:28:25 PM
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The Bahraini thinker, Dr. Muhammad Jaber Al-Ansari, passed away from our world, after a long journey of intellectual and cultural giving, which qualified him to be an intellectual icon to be emulated in the Gulf and the Arab world. Dr. Muhammad Jaber Al Ansari, may God have mercy on him, received high appreciation from King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, as one of the most prominent pioneers of thought and culture at the local and Arab levels.
The King of Bahrain chose him in 1989, when he was Crown Prince, as a cultural and scientific advisor in the Crown Prince’s Court. He also honored him by granting him the highest national honors, including the Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Medal, First Class, in 2000, and the Bahrain Medal, First Class, in 2006.
Muhammad Jaber Al Ansari
Muhammad Jaber Al Ansari
A distinguished scientific career
Al Ansari was born in 1939 in Muharraq, and began his educational career at Al Hidaya Al Khalifia School, where he graduated with honors from high school in 1958. He completed his undergraduate studies at the American University of Beirut, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Arabic literature in 1963, then a master’s degree in Andalusian literature in 1966, and finally a doctorate in contemporary Arab and Islamic thought in 1979. He continued his academic career at international universities such as Cambridge and the Sorbonne, which qualified him to become a distinguished professor of thought and civilization.
Dr. Al-Ansari held prominent academic and administrative positions, including Assistant Professor at the Arabian Gulf University since 1984, Deputy Dean of the College of Education, and then Dean of the College of Graduate Studies. He also played a leadership role in establishing the Council of the Arab World Institute in Paris in 1981, and was an active member of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature in Bahrain. Al-Ansari was distinguished by his rich intellectual production, which was evident in his political and cultural books and articles published in local and Arab newspapers, which made him a pioneering model of a unique researcher and thinker. He received local and international recognition through a wide range of awards and honors, most notably the State Appreciation Award for Intellectual Production in 1998, the Kuwait Foundation Award for the Advancement of Sciences in 1981, and the Leaders of the Arab Gulf States Medal at the Amman Summit in 1998. The passing of Dr. Muhammad Jaber Al Ansari is a major loss, not only for Bahrain, but for Arab thought as a whole, as he left behind an immortal intellectual legacy and unforgettable contributions in the fields of literature, culture and thought.
