Título: Abdurrahman Wahid
Seção: Early career
Background: Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil was born on the fourth day of the eighth month of the Islamic calendar in 1940 in Jombang, East Java to Abdul Wahid Hasyim and Siti Sholehah. This led to a belief that he was born on 4 August; instead, using the Islamic calendar to mark his birth date meant that he was actually born on 4 Sha'aban, equivalent to 7 September 1940. He was named after Abd ar-Rahman I of the Umayyad Caliphate who brought Islam to Spain and was thus nicknamed "ad-Dakhil" ("the conqueror"). His name is stylized in the traditional Arabic naming system as "Abdurrahman, son of Wahid".

Conteúdo: Wahid returned to Jakarta expecting that in a year's time, he would be abroad again to study at McGill University in Canada. He kept himself busy by joining the Institute for Economic and Social Research, Education and Information (LP3ES), an organization which consisted of intellectuals with progressive Muslims and social-democratic views. LP3ES established the magazine Prisma and Wahid became one of the main contributors to the magazine. Whilst working as a contributor for LP3ES, he also conducted tours to pesantren and madrasah across Java. It was a time when pesantren were desperate to gain state funding by adopting state-endorsed curricula and Wahid was concerned that the traditional values of the pesantren were being damaged because of this change. He was also concerned with the poverty of the pesantren which he saw during his tours. At the same time as it was encouraging pesantren to adopt state-endorsed curricula, the Government was also encouraging pesantren as agents for change and to help assist the government in the economic development of Indonesia. It was at this time that Wahid finally decided to drop plans for overseas studies in favor of promoting the development of the pesantren. Wahid continued his career as a journalist, writing for the magazine Tempo and Kompas, a leading Indonesian newspaper. His articles were well received, and he began to develop a reputation as a social commentator. Wahid's popularity was such that at this time he was invited to give 

user: What did Wahid's early career consist of?

assistant: He kept himself busy by joining the Institute for Economic and Social Research, Education and Information (LP3ES),

user: When did his early career start?

assistant: Wahid continued his career as a journalist, writing for the magazine Tempo and Kompas, a leading Indonesian newspaper.

user: What else did he do in his early career?

assistant: Wahid continued his career as a journalist, writing for the magazine Tempo and Kompas, a leading Indonesian newspaper.

user: Was there anything else notable about his early career?

assistant: Wahid continued his career as a journalist, writing for the magazine Tempo and Kompas, a leading Indonesian newspaper.

user: Did he get any awards or recognition?

assistant: Again he excelled in his job and the University wanted to him to teach extra subjects such as pedagogy,

user: When was this?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Who or what else did he write for?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Is there anything else interesting in your article?

assistant: In 1977, Wahid joined the Hasyim Asyari University as Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Beliefs and Practices.