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awn alsharif qasim 19 january 2006 khartoum , sudan minister ndash ; 1981 of religion affairs -lrb- sudan -rrb- 1971 & 16 june 1933 awn_qasim . jpg awn alsharif qasim
 awn alsharif qasim
awn alsharif qasim

awn al-sharif qasim -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- june 16 , 1933 -- january 19 , 2006 -rrb- - * website - was a prolific sudanese writer , encyclopedist , a prominent scholar , a powerful community leader , a man of charity and one of sudan 's leading experts on arabic language and literature .
he was a strong advocate of arabic/islamic culture and its interweaving with sudanese culture .
qasim authored more than 70 books in the area of islamic history and civilization , arabic literature , studies in the sudanese dialect languages .
along with professor abdalla eltayeb and professor abu saleem , qasim was considered one of the scholars who shaped the sudanese academic scene during the last 3 decades of the 20th century .
