S4E9 Saladin: Between Man and Myth, with Abdu...

On the periphery of Alexandria in the surrounding countryside is the Lake Maryut region, a vast expanse of flat agricultural land that used to be Lake Maryut, now just 18% of its earlier size. The lake separated the city of Alexandria from the rest of the country further south. Y ...  Show more

This month’s podcast takes us to the far south-west of the Islamic world, to the Inner Nigel Delta in Mali where stands the Great Mosque of Djenné in all its magnificence. Join Michelle Apotsos as she discusses the story of this vibrant place of worship built solely out of mud an ...  Show more

Discover the remarkable life and enduring legacy of Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri. From his leadership during the Algerian resistance against French colonization to his commitment to his Islamic religious beliefs & sufi mysticism. Abd al-Qadir impact reverberates through histor ...

In her magnificent and lyrical new book, The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India (Harvard UP, 2020), Supriya Gandhi reorients and adds unprecedented depth to our understanding of the much memorialized but less understood Mughal prince and thinker Dara Shukoh (d. 16 ...  Show more

<div>للحبّ في قصص الشّعراء سيناريوهات متشابهة، حُبّ وهُيام، ثمّ فِراق وعذاب، ولكن يبقى لكلّ شاعر تفرده في أبياته الشّعرية وتفاصيل قصّته. حظي بالزّواج من حبيبته مُدّة سبع سنوات، لكنّه اشتُهر بأنّه كان من المتيّمين الذين لاقوا من الحبّ العذاب ثمّ الموت.
إنّه الشّاعر الجاهليّ عب ...  Show more

If you ask people to name leaders in artificial intelligence, there’s one name you’ll probably hear more than any other: Sam Altman. His team at OpenAI is pushing the boundaries of what AI can do with ChatGPT, and I loved getting to talk to him about what’s next. Our conversation ...  Show more