Makkah in Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Poetry
Cities may flourish during a certain period of history and…
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The New York Times: “The Muslims Who Inspired Spinoza, Locke and Defoe” by Mustafa Akyol
A novel written by a 12th-century Arab writer about a…
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The Mystery of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan
In early 12th-century Muslim Spain, a gifted philosopher, mathematician, poet,…
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Libraries of the Muslim World (859-2000)
The Muslim World acquired the art of paper-making in the…
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Science in Adab Literature
A long standing topic of discussion among orientalists has been…
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Manuscript Review: The Law of Language, by Ibn Faris
Ibn Faris was a poet of merit and could also…
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Song of Suwari: Ode to West African Scholars
Although some contemporary historians may argue otherwise, in the past,…
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Ode to Ahmad Baba Al-Massufi
Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-Takruri Al-Massufi al-Timbukti, otherwise commonly…
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The role of Ibn Sina (Avicenna)’s Medical Poem in the transmission of medical knowledge to medieval Europe
Were you aware that in the Medieval Islamic world, celebrated…
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Manuscript Review: The Detailed Treatise on Matters Concerning Learners and Guidelines for Teachers and Learners, by Al-Qabisi
Al-Qabisi was the inventor of the concept and practice of…
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The Sound Rules in Reading the Quran (Tajwid) in Qutb Al-Din al-Shirazi’s Music Notation
In the Islamic world, starting from Al-Kindī (d. 874), Al-Fārābī…
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The Influence of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi on Ottoman Scientific Literature
The works of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi have always attracted the…
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Mulla Nasruddin Khodja a Major Character of Muslim Satiric Literature
Mullah Nasruddin Khodja is a wise man famous throughout the…
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Knowledge, Learning Institutions and Libraries in Islam: Book Publishing and Paper Making
This short article describes the high regard with which Muslim…
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Literature and Music in Muslim Civilisation
An outline of the main types of Arabic literature and…
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The Islamic Historical Literature
The narration of historical events and the reflexion upon their…
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