Ismail al-Qabbani

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| name = Ismail Mahmoud al-Qabbani

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| birth_date = 1898

| birth_place = Asyut Governorate, Egypt

| death_date = 1963

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| nationality = Egyptian

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| known_for = Educational reform

| occupation = Minister of Education

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Ismail al-Qabbani ({{langx|ar|إسماعيل القباني}}; born in 1898 in Asyut Governorate–1963) was an Egyptian reforming educationalist. He introduced to the Egyptian education system the concept of Pragmatism. He was also convinced that education in Egypt should be indigenous and rooted in Egyptian and Arabic culture.{{cite web |url=http://www.ttrb.ac.uk/viewArticle2.aspx?contentId=13152 |title=Ismail al-Qabbani: Educational Thinker |publisher=Ttrb.ac.uk |date=2007-02-18 |accessdate=2011-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202193351/http://ttrb.ac.uk/viewarticle2.aspx?contentId=13152 |archive-date=2011-02-02 |url-status=dead }} He became Dean of the Institute of Education. He established the Journal of Modern Education[http://www.ibe.unesco.org/publications/ThinkersPdf/qabbanie.pdf Ismai'il al-Qabbani in Prospects : the quarterly review of comparative education, Paris, UNESCO : International Bureau of Education, vol. XXIV, no. 1/2, 1994, p. 355-374] in 1948 and later became Minister for Education.