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Introduction to Turkish Motifs in Ottoman Times
Figure 1. Image collage from the weekend course ©Sairah On 13 and 14 January 2018 Ashfia Ashrif, Manchester based Artist and Student of Traditional Arts, delivered a two day course named “Introduction to Turkish Motifs in Ottoman Times” at FSTC House. This course aimed to outline and...
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Oxford Museum of the History of Science Online Al-Mizan Exhibition
Figure 1. Aticle Banner (Source) During 2010-2011, the Oxford Museum of the History of Science launched an online Al-Mizan[1] Exhibition. According to the Museum's website, this exhibition explores the connections between the sciences and arts in societies from Muslim Civilisation. It presents...
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Buried Evidence: Islamic Viking Burial Garments
Figure 1. One of the excavated fragments made from fine silk and silver thread discovered at the two Swedish sites, Birka and Gamla Uppsalan (Source) I have seen the 'Vikings'..." Ahmed Ibn Fadlan, 10th-century Arab traveler Figure 2. Enlarging the...
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Scholarship, Science & Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pre-Islamic to Islamic Era
On Friday 11 August 2017, Khaleel Shaikh, Research and Editing Officer at FSTC UK and Natty Mark Samuels, founder of African School, a Cultural Education project based in Oxford delivered presentations on “Science & Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pre-Islamic to Islamic Era” at FSTC House...
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The Story of Mathematics
The Cheltenham Science Festival took place between 6 - 11 June 2017, headlining was one panel discussion on “The Story of Math”. Professors Mona Siddiqui, Mohamed El-Gomati, Marcus du Sautoy and Dr Amira Bennison took part in the conversation with Professor Siddiqui opening the panel discussion...
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World Health Day 7th April: Muslim Heritage in Medicine
Dedicated to the memory of Prof Rabie E. Abdel-Halim (d. 15th April 2015) Figures of treatment of various illnesses (Source) Medicine is a science, from which one learns the states of the human body … in order to preserve good health when it exists, and restore it when it is...
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International Women's Day
*** Note: Composed by Sairah Yassir-Deane and Cem Nizamoglu, also published in 1001 Inventions website. *** In view of the growing importance of the subject of gender and women in society, this collection of articles we present below represents some of what we...
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A Tale of Two Civilisations: The Viking and the Muslim Civilisation
*** Note of the Editor This article was edited to fit Muslim Heritage website standards. It was originally written in May 2015 during the height of the refugee crisis [and has been edited and extended in the light of new discoveries in October 2017]. Amongst other countries, refugees sought...
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Dialogue of Civilisations: From Ancient Maya to the Islamic world
2nd Dialogue of Civilisations International Symposium  (2. Uluslararasi Medeniyetler Diyaloğu Sempozyumu) The symposium was hosted by National Geographic and the Civilisation Studies Centre (Medam) at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, both long term associates of FSTC and 1001...
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The European Jerusalem: Sarajevo, where Muslim heritage flourished in Central Europe
Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Ottoman Rule in Sarajevo 3. Gazi Husrev-Begova Complex 4. Society, Economy, Trade, Arts, and Architecture in Sarajevo 5. Sarajevo in Post Ottoman Rule 6. References 1. Introduction Known for its diverse ethnic and religious makeup, Bosnia and...
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