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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Cyrus Ali Zargar

History Speaks EP9 | Karbala and Nobility | Roshan Iqbal with Cyrus Ali Zargar

July 3, 2025October 14, 2025

What does it mean to act with nobility in the face of certain loss? In this episode of History Speaks, host Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Cyrus Ali Zargar, Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of…

History Speaks EP 7 | Storytelling, Virtue Ethics, and Rūmī | Roshan Iqbal with Cyrus Ali Zargar

January 17, 2024October 14, 2025

In this episode of History Speaks, Roshan Iqbal speaks with Cyrus Zargar on the role of storytelling and virtue ethics in the work of Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, the 13th-century jurist, philosopher, poet, and polymath….

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