Ebook alwi shihab biography

Shihab was raised in a home that emphasized education. At age 10, he began studying at the Darul Nashihin Boarding School. Later, his father sent him and his brother to Cairo, Egypt, to complete their high school studies, and while there Shihab earned a bachelor’s degree from Al-Azhar University and a licenciate degree in Islamic philosophy in 1968. Shihab then returned to Indonesia to continue his education, receiving his master’s degree at Alaudin State Institute of Islamic Studies in 1986. He obtained his first doctoral degree in 1990 from University of Ain Shams, Cairo, and subsequently acquired another PhD and a post-doctorate degree