Pierre cachexia biography

Review of Middle East Studies, Page 1 of 2 © Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc. 2017 IN MEMORIAM Pierre Cachia 1921–2017 Pierre Cachia slipped away peacefully on 1 April 2017, a few days shy of his ninety-sixth birthday, surrounded by his children and grandchildren.

With the passing of this key architect of Arabic studies, those of us who have studied and worked with him will not only mourn the loss of a friend, teacher, and mentor, but also the irretrievable era in which a first generation of postwar American and European Arabists and Orientalists made tremendous strides in fashioning academic studies of modern Arabic literature into what it is today: grounded in native fluency of the Arabic language, informed by real experiences lived in close proximity with Arab writers and storytellers, and took seriously the concerns and priorities of Arab scholars, critics, and intellectuals.

Born in Faiyum (Fayyum) on 30 April 1921 to a Maltese fathe