Ismail Adham

Ismail bin Ahmed bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin Adham (Arabic: إسماعيل أحمد أدهم IPA: [esmæˈʕiːl ˈæħmæd ˈʔædhæm] Ismā’īl Aḥmad Adham; 13 January 1911 – 23 July 1940) better known as Ismail Adham was an Egyptian writer who was born and educated in Alexandria, then obtained a doctorate in science from Moscow University in 1931, and was appointed as a teacher of mathematics at Saint Petersburg University. Then he moved to Turkey and was a teacher of mathematics at the Ataturk Institute in Ankara, and returned to Egypt in 1936. He is one of the former Muslim writers who declared their atheism, wrote about it, and defended their ideas. He has a booklet entitled “Why am I an atheist?” He declared in this booklet that he is happy and content with this atheism, just as a believer in God feels happy and at peace.