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

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[Maydan Podcast] Wikke Jansen & Ken Chitwood on The Muslims of Latin America & the Caribbean – Special Guest Episode

June 17, 2022July 20, 2022

In this episode of Maydan Podcast, our guest host Wikke Jansen speaks with Ken Chitwood about his latest book, The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean (Lynne Rienner, 2021). They discuss the role of…

The Omar Ibn Said Collection at the Library of Congress | An Interview with Dr. Mary-Jane Deeb

By Isil Acehan  //  February 11, 2019June 17, 2019

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 Omar Ibn Said Collection [1], which…

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