Mendiante et orgueilleuse ? L’université d’al-Azhar et l’enseignement supérieur égyptien (1860-1930)
For a large part of the xixth century, the mosque and university of al-Azhar, the torchbearer of Sunni religious science in Egypt, kept a prevalent role in the instruction of the Egyptian elite.With the creation of the Superior Schools inspired by European models, and with their gradual expansion, al-Azhar started to be threatened as a major actor