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Wlodzimierz Cieciura is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sinology at the University of Warsaw. He earned his doctorate from the Historical and Philosophical Faculty of the University of Lodz in 2010.
Bringing China and Islam Closer: The First Chinese Azharites
In the 1930s, several groups of Muslim students from China arrived to study at Al-Azhar University in Cairo. They were destined to play an important role in the history of modern Chinese Islam. These 35 Chinese Azharites, all but two from the Sinophone Hui community, helped China to establish lasting links with Egypt and other Muslim countries in the Middle East. They also left a considerable cultural legacy, including translations of crucial texts from both the Islamic and Chinese traditions.
