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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…

[Conference Reflections] An Academic Examination of Elijah Muhammad’s Contribution to the Ministry of Imam W. Deen Mohammed | by Zaid Adhami

By Zaid Adhami // November 29, 2018

There was an electrifying energy in the 400-person crowd throughout the day-long conference. The event was a one-of-a-kind conference, titled “An Academic Examination of Elijah Muhammad’s Contribution to the Ministry of Imam W. Deen Mohammed,”…