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Figure 1: Statue of Ibn Khaldun in Tunis, capital of Tunisia. (Image in the public domain).
Ibn Khaldun's Concept of Education in the ‘Muqaddima’
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At first sight, the place held by education in Ibn Khaldun's sociology appears uncertain to say the least....
Figure 1: Front cover of Egyptology: The Missing Millennium. Ancient Egypt in Medieval Arabic Writings by Okasha El Daly (London: UCL Press, 2005).
Book Review of 'Egyptology: The Missing Millennium' by Okasha El-Daly
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Egyptology: The Missing Millennium published by Okasha El Daly is an invaluable resource showing the extent...
Figure 1: Front covers of two recently published books on the scientific legacy of the Islamic tradition and its impact on modern science: Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World by John Freely (Knopf, 2009) and Science and Islam: A History by Ehsan Masood (Icon Books, 2009).
Shining light upon light
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Two science histories dissect the transfer of knowledge between the Greco–Islamic and European civilizations...
Figure 1: Front cover of The Dialogue of Civilizations in the Birth of Modern Science, by Arun Bala (Source).
Book Review of The Dialogue of Civilizations in the Birth of Modern Science by Arun Bala
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The book "The Dialogue of Civilizations in the Birth of Modern Science" by Arun Bala introduces a dialogical...
Figure 1: The cover page of the book Turkish Cuisine, edited by Arif Bilgin and Özge Samanci (Ankara, 2008).
Turkish Cuisine: A Book Review
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Turkish cuisine is largely the heritage of Ottoman cuisine, which can be described as a fusion and refinement...
Figure 1: Cover page of Tuhfat al-kibâr fî asfâr al-bihâr by Kâtib Çelebi in the edition of Idris Bostan (Ankara, 2008).
A Jewel of Ottoman Naval History: The Book of Kâtib Çelebi on Naval Campaigns
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This is a review of the book prepared by Prof. Dr. Idris Bostan for the Turkish Undersecretariat of...
