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Before Google Maps, there was Al-Idrisi! 🌍In this episode of True Arabian Nights, we journey back in time to explore the fascinating world of early mapmaking. Discover the challenges faced by ancient explorers and the groundbreaking work of Claudius Ptolemy. Then, meet Al-Idrisi ...  عرض المزيد

Journey back to a time when slavery was a global reality. In this episode, we explore the unique approach of Arab societies towards slavery. Discover how the concept of "Kaffarah" offered a path to freedom for enslaved individuals. Hear inspiring stories like that of Salman Alfar ...  عرض المزيد

Nahj al-Balagha is among the most powerful, consequential, and linguistically brilliant masterpieces of Arabic and of Islamic thought and literature. Based on the orations, letters, and sayings of wisdom of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 661), the first Imam or successor to Prophet Muham ...  عرض المزيد

Known as the “Father of Modern Medicine,” Ibn Sina was a Persian polymath whose writings transformed science, philosophy, and ethics. In this episode, Roy traces the turbulent world Ibn Sina lived in, the intellectual traditions that shaped him, and the groundbreaking discover ...

Georgetown PHD Candidate ,Saad Yaqoub, reveals the untold history of the rise and fall of Muslim civilization. The answer is: horses? Saad also debunks the myth of a unified and monolithic Islamic empire and the notion of “golden ages” in history. Lastly he gives a blueprint for ...  عرض المزيد

It is said a people without a past are a lost soul. And in today’s turbulent world, the Muslim ummah has come to realise that we have, in many cases, been taught a version of history that fails to appreciate what the late Shabbir Akhtar called Islam as a imperial faith.Dr Yakoob ...  عرض المزيد