Black American Muslim Internationalism (BAMI) Projectย
…leaders in a research process that is as commonsensical as it is urgently overdue.” By centering the voices and experiences of community members, local historians, and other experts, BAMI will…
The Omar Ibn Said Collection at the Library of Congress | An Interview with Dr. Mary-Jane Deeb
The Library of Congress (LOC) recently acquired and made publicly available online a unique collection showing the only known surviving slave narrative written in Arabic in the United States. The…
[IMTF] Can We Maintain a โCommon Goodโ without Threatening Diversity?
…in God. It is an open dynamic umma, rather than a closed ritualistic community, whose members constantly interact to maintain a thriving society with a shared commitment to the common…
Cairokee and its Audience: How an Egyptian Band Stays Relevant
…(Source:https://www.instagram.com/p/B0YDkjLhrEW/) Cairokee began as a musical project in the early 2000s in Cairo, Egypt. They perform exclusively in Arabic, although they originally intended to write and perform in English. However,…
Islam in Media Roundup | 29 July-4 August 2019
…veil at hijab summit Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/07/surviving-hijab-community-holds-first-ever-summit-in-egypt.html#ixzz5vjqD5HNd Al Monitor On July 19, Surviving Hijab — a closed Facebook group — held its first summit at the Greek Campus in Cairo,…
Arts During Social Distancing
…some great art collections. Museums of all calibers around the world are implementing online solutions such as virtual tours, updated online catalogues, and high resolutions scans of never before released…
A Glimpse of โTurkeyโ from the Worldโs Columbian Exposition, 1893
…backhanded compliment at their ability to complete the exhibit on schedule: “The Turkish Building in the foreign group is in all respects interesting. Strange as it may appear, this semi-oriental…
The Art of Islamic Calligraphy: Rituals and Traditional Art
…get them for free we have to give them back for free. That is the essence of the Ottoman Turkish way of teaching calligraphy. It is a gift you receive,…
[Book Review] Stephen F. Dale, The Orange Trees of Marrakesh: Ibn Khaldun and the Science of Man (Harvard University Press, 2015) by Justin Kerns & Clarke Iakovakis
…For example, on the same page Dale writes, “In the Muqaddimah Ibn Khaldun developed what he considered to be a universally valid science of man and applied this new philosophical…
[Book Review] “For the Muslims: Islamophobia in France” by Edwy Plenel | Reviewed by Fatima Khemilat
…in France he is a famous writer, a political journalist and the founder of the online newspaper Médiapart. Highly committed to independent journalism, he revealed several major political scandals and…