Part One: Bella Ciao and the Migrant Laboring Women Who Gave Us an Anthem

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Part Two: The Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire

Margaret continues talking with Kaveh Hoda about the complicated history of homosexuality and homoeroticism in one of the most important empires of the medieval era. Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41299403https://www.thecollector.com/osman-i-ottoman-founder/https://islamic ...  Show more

Part One: The Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire

Margaret talks with Kaveh Hoda about the complicated history of homosexuality and homoeroticism in one of the most important empires of the medieval era. Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41299403https://www.thecollector.com/osman-i-ottoman-founder/https://islamichistory.org/ ...  Show more

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