Ahmed Lotfi El-Sayed’s resignation letter from Fouad I University

President of Cairo University one day.

“The government accepts the resignation of Ahmed Lotfy El-Sayed, Director of Fouad I University, for his solidarity with Taha Hussein”

Ahmed Lotfy El-Sayed Bey wrote his resignation letter from his position as Director of Fouad I University, on March 9, 1932, in protest against the decision of the Minister of Education, Helmy Issa Pasha, to expel Dr.
Lotfi El-Sayed said in his resignation letter to the Minister of Education: I regret the transfer of Dr. Taha Hussein, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, to the Ministry of Education, because this professor cannot, as far as I know, be compensated, at least now, not in terms of the lessons he gives students in Arabic literature and his public lectures. For the public, not for the environment that he created around him, in which he spread the spirit of literary research, and guided him to its methods. Then, I regretted that Dr. Taha Hussein is a professor at the Faculty of Arts in implementation of a contract between the old university and the Minister of Education, and in particular because he transferred it in this way without the university’s consent nor As far as I know, consulting her as it has been the steady tradition since the inception of the university, all of this leads to the peace and reassurance necessary for conducting scientific research, and this undoubtedly misses the purpose for which I intended to serve the university.

For this reason, I went last Friday to His Excellency the Prime Minister, and asked him for this serious university incident, and I suggested to his state, in order to avoid harm on the one hand, and out of respect for the Minister’s decision on the other hand, that Dr. Taha return to the university as a professor, not a dean, especially since he He himself insisted on me relinquishing the deanship and I did not accept, so His Excellency the President accepted this proposal with good acceptance, and assured me that he would work on this issue from tomorrow, so he worked on it until I knew now that my proposal was not acceptable, and that the transfer decision is enforceable in its entirety and on its release.

Since I cannot endorse the Ministry for this behavior, which I fear will be a year that will erase all the differences between university teachings and others, I have the honor to present this to Your Excellency my resignation from my job, I hope you accept it, and I also hope that you will accept my thanks for your kind personal courtesy. The duration of our participation in the work, and that you accept my highest respect.”