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How Coffee Created the Modern World

news.harvard.edu: Author Michael Pollan discusses his latest work on the…

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On the Coffee Trail

Coffee is a global industry and the second-largest commodity-based product;…

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Early Women of Science, Technology, Medicine and Management

This article is a paper submitted to and presented at…

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Buried Evidence: Islamic Viking Burial Garments

As predicted in our previous article dating back to May…

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A Tale of Two Civilisations: The Viking and the Muslim Civilisation

Dating back to March 2015, news regarding the discovery of…

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Inter-cultural Respect through Cultural Roots of Science

The important lecture presented by Professor Salim Al-Hassani at the…

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Book Review of “Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq’s Tenth-century Baghdadi Cookbook” by Nawal Nasrallah

Written nearly a thousand years ago, Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq's tenth-century…

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The Coffee Route from Yemen to London 10th-17th Centuries

The history of coffee goes at least as far back…

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Heritage Research for Cultural Inter-Appreciation in the Balkans

[Proceedings of the conference 1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our…

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The Game of Kings

Chess probably originated in Persia or Central Asia before the…

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Ottoman Palace Cuisine of the Classical Period

Turkish cuisine is largely the heritage of Ottoman cuisine, which…

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Food as Medicine in Muslim Civilization

The subject of food and diet was very essential in…

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Representing Islam and Muslims in the Media: An Academic Debate

In 5-6 September 2008 the Universities of Manchester and Surrey…

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The Influence of Islamic Culinary Art on Europe

This paper describes the results of a novel research on…

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The World’s First Soft Drink

Sherbet, a juice of crushed fruit, herbs, or flowers has…

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Primary Schools under the Ottomans

Primary schools have a long history in Islamic civilisation. Children…

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12th Century Cookery from all the World

This historical masterpiece on Arab/Islamic cooking by Kammaluddin Ibn Al-Adeem…

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Ottoman Educational Institutions during the Reform Period

The Imperial Tanzimat Rescript (Tanzimat Fermani) announced on 3 November…

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Curricula in Ottoman Madrasas

It is possible to provide a basic (though only partial)…

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Ranking of the Ottoman Madrasas

Following the conquest of Istanbul, Mehmed the Conqueror initiated a…

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The Muslim Carpet

The Muslim carpet has long been a luxury commodity sought…

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Figs in Muslim Spain

Figs may not have had the economic importance of olives,…

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