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[NL volgt ENG] How did current relations in the Middle East emerge? What major events and developments have made this region into what it is today? Learn from Arabist and scholar of law Maurits Berger and learn more about how history has shaped the Middle East. History – The Middle East Background Current Affairs Lecture by scholar of law and Arabist Maurits Berger | Wednesday 22 January 2025 | 12.30 - 13.15 hours | Lecture Hall Complex, Radboud University | Radboud Reflects and VOX Read the review: https://www.ru.nl/en/services/sport-culture-and-recreation/radboud-reflects/news/history-the-middle-east-background-current-affairs-lecture-by-scholar-of-law-and-arabist-maurits-berger Never want to miss a podcast again? Subscribe to this channel! Also don't forget to like this podcast. Radboud Reflects organizes public lectures and courses about current affairs. Check our website for upcoming in-depth lectures: www.ru.nl/en/services/sport-cu…boud-reflects/agenda Do you want to stay up to date about our activities? Please sign in for the English newsletter: www.ru.nl//rr/newsletter --- NL: Hoe zijn de huidige verhoudingen in het Midden-Oosten ontstaan? Welke grote gebeurtenissen en ontwikkelingen hebben deze regio gemaakt tot wat deze nu is? Leer van arabist en jurist Maurits Berger en leer meer over hoe de geschiedenis het Midden-Oosten heeft gevormd. History – The Middle East Background Current Affairs Lecture met arabist en jurist Maurits Berger | Woensdag 22 januari 2025 | 12.30 – 13.15 uur | Collegezalencomplex, Radboud Universiteit | Radboud Reflects en VOX Lees het verslag: https://www.ru.nl/services/sport-cultuur-en-ontspanning/radboud-reflects/nieuws/history-the-middle-east-background-current-affairs-lecture-met-arabist-en-jurist-maurits-berger Like deze podcast, abonneer je op dit kanaal en mis niks. Bekijk ook de agenda voor nog meer verdiepende lezingen: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/agenda Wil je geen enkele verdiepende lezing missen? Schrijf je dan in voor de nieuwsbrief: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/ser…ief-radboud-reflects

[NL volgt ENG] How did current relations in the Middle East emerge? What major events and developments have made this region into what it is today? Learn from Arabist and scholar of law Maurits Berger and learn more about how history has shaped the Middle East. History – The Middle East Background Current Affairs Lecture by scholar of law and Arabist Maurits Berger | Wednesday 22 January 2025 | 12.30 - 13.15 hours | Lecture Hall Complex, Radboud University | Radboud Reflects and VOX Read the review: https://www.ru.nl/en/services/sport-culture-and-recreation/radboud-reflects/news/history-the-middle-east-background-current-affairs-lecture-by-scholar-of-law-and-arabist-maurits-berger Never want to miss a podcast again? Subscribe to this channel! Also don't forget to like this podcast. Radboud Reflects organizes public lectures and courses about current affairs. Check our website for upcoming in-depth lectures: www.ru.nl/en/services/sport-cu…boud-reflects/agenda Do you want to stay up to date about our activities? Please sign in for the English newsletter: www.ru.nl//rr/newsletter --- NL: Hoe zijn de huidige verhoudingen in het Midden-Oosten ontstaan? Welke grote gebeurtenissen en ontwikkelingen hebben deze regio gemaakt tot wat deze nu is? Leer van arabist en jurist Maurits Berger en leer meer over hoe de geschiedenis het Midden-Oosten heeft gevormd. History – The Middle East Background Current Affairs Lecture met arabist en jurist Maurits Berger | Woensdag 22 januari 2025 | 12.30 – 13.15 uur | Collegezalencomplex, Radboud Universiteit | Radboud Reflects en VOX Lees het verslag: https://www.ru.nl/services/sport-cultuur-en-ontspanning/radboud-reflects/nieuws/history-the-middle-east-background-current-affairs-lecture-met-arabist-en-jurist-maurits-berger Like deze podcast, abonneer je op dit kanaal en mis niks. Bekijk ook de agenda voor nog meer verdiepende lezingen: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/agenda Wil je geen enkele verdiepende lezing missen? Schrijf je dan in voor de nieuwsbrief: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/ser…ief-radboud-reflects

Arthur Rimbaud turned French poetry on its head in his late teens. His work influenced everyone from the modernists and the Beats to Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison, but he wasn't recognized or well-liked in his lifetime. He guzzled absinthe, sponged money off friends, and wrecked the life of fellow poet Paul Verlaine. And then he renounced poetry at age 20 and simply walked away.  The last we hear of him, he's somewhere in Africa living as a trader and gunrunner — and for a while, that was all we knew. The book we're talking about today reveals what happened next. Charles Nicholl is the author of Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa 1890-91.  He's a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a recipient of the Hawthornden prize and has won the James Tait Black prize for biography.  We spoke about the allure of Rimbaud the poet, his ‘lost years' in Africa, and his late reputation as a traveler and Arabist.

Nikolaos van Dam, the Netherland's former Syria envoy and an acclaimed Arabist who has authored several books on the country, says Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria's new ruler and the leader of the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, ought to be supported by Western governments.The ambassador notes that the risk of renewed conflict remains high in Syria and that Sharaa must be taken at his word when he says he plans to establish inclusive, democratic rule in the country, because there is no alternative.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

En zuur nieuws voor de citrusvrucht. Israël verbiedt grootste hulpverlener in Gaza De vluchtelingenorganisatie voor de Palestijnse gebieden UNRWA mag niet langer werken in Israël. Honderdduizenden ontheemden in onder meer Gaza en de Westelijke Jordaanoever zijn van UNRWA afhankelijk om te overleven. Wat wil Israël hiermee bereiken en waarom komt deze maatregel nu? We vragen het Brigitte Herremans van het Human Rights Center aan de Universiteit van Gent. Arabisch dreigt te verdwijnen op Nederlandse universiteiten Op zowel de Universiteit Utrecht als de Universiteit Leiden dreigen verschillende taalopleidingen, zoals Chinees, Japans en Koreaans geschrapt te worden. En ook Arabisch dreigt te verdwijnen. En dat terwijl de Universiteit Leiden juist op het gebied van Arabisch een wereldreputatie heeft die al eeuwen teruggaat. Dus zijn er grote zorgen: niet alleen onder Arabisten, maar ook onder diplomaten en zakenlieden. Te gast is Carool Kersten, gerenommeerd Arabist verbonden aan de KU Leuven. Uitgelicht: Spaanse boeren bezorgd om citrusziekte Wetenschappers waarschuwen voor een plantenziekte die de productie van sinaasappels en andere citrusvruchten bedreigt. Het kan ertoe leiden dat sinaasappelsap een luxeproduct wordt. In Spanje zetten de sinaasappelboeren zich alvast schrap, vertelt redacteur Sonja Pleumeekers. Presentatie: Eva Koreman

Rena Netjes, Arabist en onderzoekster, was bij ons om haar inzichten te delen over de huidige situatie in de Westbank en Israël. Haar uitgebreide kennis en haar vloeiende Hebreeuwse taalvaardigheden brachten ons dichterbij de complexe realiteit ter plaatse. Een belangrijk onderwerp dat we bespraken, was het recente akkoord van de regering om Syrische vluchtelingen terug te sturen naar het regime van Assad in Syrië. Dit besluit roept vragen op over de impact op de levens van deze mensen en de bredere gevolgen voor de regio. Dank aan Rena voor haar heldere duiding en aan iedereen die heeft deelgenomen aan deze belangrijke discussie. Laten we blijven reflecteren op deze onderwerpen en de menselijke verhalen erachter Host/ redactie : Anaïs Cortez- Reina Host/ techniek: NineG Music

In Season 2, Episode 2 of Artifact Joshua speaks with the EU Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Bahrain: Christophe Farnaud – a seasoned diplomat and self-described Arabist, who shares insights into his role and the significance of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030.

Na de oorlog in Gaza is Israël ook Libanon binnengetrokken om Hezbollah bij de grens te verjagen. Arabist en oud-ambassadeur Koos van Dam zat als diplomaat in Beiroet tijdens de invasie van 1982 en ziet Israël vervallen in dezelfde fout. *** We gaan weer naar het theater! Boekestijn en De Wijk Omarmen de Ondergang, binnenkort bij u in de buurt. Kijk voor data en tickets op bnr.nl/theater.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Тимур Хайруллин — востоковед-арабист, кандидат политических наук, старший научный сотрудник Центра цивилизационных и региональных исследований Института Африки РАН; доцент кафедры востоковедения и арабистики РУДН; старший преподаватель кафедры политологии Финансового университета при Правительстве РФ; старший научный сотрудник СПбГУ. Область научных интересов: природа исламизма, общественно-политическое развитие Африки, арабский национализм, конституционное развитие арабских государств, исламское право, политическое развитие стран Ближнего Востока и Северной Африки на современном этапе. Timur Khayrullin is an Arabist and Orientalist, PhD in Political Science, and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies at the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). He is also an Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies and Arab Studies at RUDN University, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and Senior Research Fellow at St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU). His research interests include the nature of Islamism, the socio-political development of Africa, Arab nationalism, constitutional development in Arab states, Islamic law, and the political development of the Middle Eastern and North African countries in the contemporary period. ==================================SUPPORT & CONNECT:Support on Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/denofrich⁠⁠Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/denofrich⁠⁠Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/mark.develman/⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/denofrich⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/den_of_rich/⁠⁠Hashtag: #denofrichType of unconscious: 11© Copyright 2024 Den of Rich. All rights reserved.

In deze podcast spreekt presentator Richard Engelfriet met Pepijn van Erp over horoscopen, een klassiek skeptisch onderwerp. En met gast Jan Jaap de Ruiter, Arabist en universitair docent aan Tilburg University, over een mediarel waarin hij jaren geleden verzeild raakte. Tenslotte denken we na over wat er zou moeten veranderen zodat Stichting Skepsis zich gerust kan opheffen.Reacties, suggesties en tips zijn welkom op podcast@skepsis.nlBoektip: George Orwell, 1984 (1949)Verder lees- en kijkvoer bij deze aflevering. Over onderzoek naar horoscopen:Rob Nanninga, Parariteiten (1988) - vanaf blz 162Rob Nanninga, Wat staat er in de sterren?, Psychologie (1995)Rob Nanninga, De Astrotest, Skepter (1995)Rob Nanninga, Het dogma van de astrologie (2007)Jan Willem Nienhuys, Gauquelin's Mars Effect, Skepsis Blog (2022)en over Jan Jaap de Ruiter:Pagina van Jan Jaap de Ruiter op Tilburg UniversityPersoonlijke websiteHoogleraar bedreigd na PVV-scriptie, Brabants Dagblad (2012)De student met een 10 voor zijn scriptie over Wilders, zes jaar later, Univers (2018) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luister naar onze gasten die de toestand in Gaza en de wereld analyseren. Rena netjes: Arabist en expert M.O, Yuval Gal: Bij1 en Erev Rav Carla Kabamba gemeenteraad Amsterdam politicoloog. Wat is er aan de hand in Gaza en wat is antisemitisme en waarom kijkt de wereld toe. Welke rol speelt de westerse wereld en kan er vrede komen? Host/redactie: Anaïs Cortez- Reina Host/ techniek: NineG Music

En in Tsjechië herpakt één student de Fluwelen Revolutie. (01:08) Soedanese stad in groot gevaar Er dreigt een enorm bloedbad in de Soedanese stad El Fasher, die momenteel is omsingeld door de gewelddadige rebellengroep RSF. De stad was juist een toevluchtsoord geworden voor Soedanezen die voor de oprukkende rebellen op de vlucht sloegen. Al ruim een jaar wordt er gevochten in Soedan, tussen het regeringsleger aan de ene kant, en de RSF-rebellen aan de andere kant. De val van het strategische belangrijke El Fasher kan grote gevolgen hebben voor de rest van de oorlog. Correspondent Joost Bastmeijer praat ons bij.   (08:18) Stille exodus uit Syrië naar Europa Er vindt een stille exodus plaats uit het noordoosten van Syrië naar Europa, ziet Arabist en onderzoeker Rena Netjes. Zij volgt mensen die uit een zeer onveilig gebied een extreem riskante route afleggen, waarbij soms mensenlevens niet gespaard blijven. En dat alles uit hoop voor een veilig bestaan in bijvoorbeeld Nederland. (21:46) Uitgelicht: Tsjechië In Tsjechië herleeft de Fluwelen Revolutie vanwege één student, die een petitie tegen een Russisch monument is begonnen. Maar daar is niet iedereen in Tsjechië blij mee, vertelt Laura Postma. Presentatie: Tim de Wit

BUILDING A GLOBAL NARRATIVE. Gilles Kepel is a university professor, political scientist and Arabist. His books include Terror in France: The Rise of Jihad in the West, Away from Chaos: The Middle East and the challenge to the West, and lately Prophète en son pays (Editions de l'Observatoire: 2023) and Holocaustes (Plon: 2024). He has published 25 books, which have been translated into some 20 languages. “The Global South is a construct. I believe it won't stand together.” “The very notion of Holocaust as meaning the Jewish Holocaust by the Nazis is being put into question by those new leaders of the Global South.” “I believe that academic knowledge has a global outreach and people are not prisoners of opinion leaders.”

Kenneth Strange Jr. is a former FBI Special Agent and DOJ Special Agent-In-Charge, Private Investigator and Award-Winning author.  A Spanish-speaker, Arabist and member of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), he has recently published a Best-Selling true crime memoir, “A Cop's Son: One G-Man's Fight Against Jihad, Global Fraud and the Cartels.”Strange served with three distinct and distinguished US Government Agencies pursuing criminals and bad actors including some of the most heinous criminals in the world. His service to those agencies brought him into direct conflict with Jihadists, International Fraudsters, and the Cartels.This true crime memoir has been hailed as ‘gripping' and ‘compelling' by Ray Kelly, former two-time NYC Police Commissioner, and Bill Bratton, former NYC Police Commissioner and LA Police Chief, as well as several others prominent in the genre.His hobbies include hiking, reading and traveling (he has traveled to 65 countries). A former state of California Private Investigator (PI), he is married to an RN, has two adult children and lives in Ventura County, California. He recently became a grandfather for the first time.  Find KennethWebsiteFacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedIn Find The Suffering PodcastThe Suffering Podcast InstagramKevin Donaldson InstagramMike Failace InstagramBuzzsproutApple PodcastSpotifyFacebookTikTokYouTubeThe Suffering Podcast FamilySherri AllsupToyota of HackensackPoPl Discount code TSP20The Oakley KitchenCubita CafeSupport the showThe Suffering Podcast Instagram Kevin Donaldson Instagram TikTok YouTube

Lydie Denier : A Voice for Ambassador J. Christopher StevenA Voice for Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens is much more than a memoir; it is a humanizing tribute to Chris Stevens the man, by the woman who loved him. Lydie M. Denier, former fiancée and the love of Chris Stevens' life, paints an intimate portrait of the brilliant and mercurial diplomat, teacher and Arabist that was Chris Stevens. Murdered in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, along with Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, Chris' voice has been silenced, his personality buried beneath an avalanche of sordid headlines, political agendas and lies. In her book, Ms. Denier gives Chris a voice, finally setting the record straight about their passionate and turbulent love affair, his commitment to the people of the Middle East, and her dedicated quest to uncover the truth about what really happened the day Chris Stevens was killed and more importantly, why he was not protected. From Hollywood to Cairo, Washington D.C. to Libya, Ms. Denier shares the joy and pain of love, loss, tragedy and healing.

This week, we're looking at everything about Yemen that might have flown under the radar in recent years with Dr Elisabeth Kendall, the Mistress of Girton College at Cambridge University and an Arabist and middle east specialist. Who are the Houthis? What do they want? Why did the UK and the US act together against them? How has the world barely noticed the war in Yemen? How did it last for so long? The Explainer is brought to you by The Journal. Providing open access to valuable journalism in Ireland has been the aim of The Journal for a decade. You can contribute to ensure we can keep questioning, investigating, debunking, explaining and informing at www.thejournal.ie/contribute/

Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis began firing missiles into Israel shortly after the invasion of Gaza. But when the rebels started targeting commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea, the US and UK hit back. So, who are the Houthis and can they be stopped?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Arabist & Middle East specialist and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge University. Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: NBC, CBS, BBC, France 24, Al Jazeera, Reuters, YouTube/Dr Elisabeth Kendall. Email us: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.ukFind out more about our bonus series for Times subscribers: 'Inside the newsroom' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As if the conflict in Gaza wasn't bad enough, the fighting has ignited old and new tensions elsewhere across the region. Since the surprise attack by Hamas on 7th October, clashes on the Lebanon-Israel border have restarted, attacks on US troops stationed in Syria and Iraq have escalated and a group of Houthi armed rebels from Yemen has started firing rockets at cargo ships trying to access the Suez Canal from the Red Sea. So in this week's programme David Aaronovitch asks how close the war in Gaza is to becoming a wider conflict across the Middle East. David is joined by the following experts: Frank Gardner, BBC's Security Correspondent. Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Arabist & Middle East specialist and also The Mistress of Girton College at the University of Cambridge. Jane Kinninmont, Policy & Impact Director at the European Leadership Network. Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at University College Dublin's Clinton Institute.Production team: Nick Holland, Kirsteen Knight and Charlotte McDonald Production Co-ordinators: Sophie Hill Sound: Neil Churchill Editor: Richard Vadon

Wij spraken over Gaza met: Rena Netjes vaak uitgenodigd bij: BNR, NRC, Newsweek, AtlanticCounci,l FikraForum, VRT, CNN, NPORadio1, ISPIonline. Arabist en onderzoekster gespecialiseerd in het Syrië probleem. Okke Ornstein: programmamaker, journalist, weet veel van Panama, Afghanistan en Syria. Ging met vluchtelingen op pad naar Calais met noodrantsoenen. Zat gevangen in Panama voor het aan de kaak stellen van corruptie Ingeborg Beugel: Journalist, programmamaker, schrijver, oud Balkan correspondent, Griekenland deskundige en gast bij tv talkshows. Helpt vluchtelingen en staat ze bij met raad en daad. Trotseerde de toorn van de Griekse MP Mitsotakis Host/ redactie: Anaïs Cortez- Reina Host/ techniek: NineG Music.

Sir Vincent Fean is a former British diplomat and ambassador with 39 years of experience. He served as Consul-General in Jerusalem (2010-14), Ambassador to Libya (2006-10), and High Commissioner to Malta.   An Arabist, he has engaged in senior policy-making, government affairs and negotiation in Whitehall, the Middle East and Western Europe. He is now Vice-Chair of the Balfour Project (www.balfourproject.org), a UK charity raising awareness of Britain's historic responsibilities in Palestine and Israel, advocating for lasting peace with justice, security and equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis alike.

De eerste mensen konden deze week Gaza verlaten, via de grensovergang Rafah. Egypte liet mondjesmaat wat buitenlanders en Palestijnen met een dubbel paspoort door. Maar de druk op het land om meer mensen door te laten wordt groter. In welke positie zit Egypte?  Arabist aan de Universiteit Leiden Maurits Berger vertelt in podcast de Dag dat Egypte niet zit te wachten op een vluchtelingenstroom. Het land kent veel problemen. Deze week verscheen een Israëlisch concept-beleidsstuk om Palestijnen in een nieuw te bouwen stad in de Egyptische Sinaï-woestijn onder te brengen. Dat idee is niet nieuw, vertelt Berger maar het voert de druk op Egypte opnieuw op. Reageren? Mail dedag@radio1.nl Presentatie: Marco Geijtenbeek Redactie: Lieke Loman

This talk explores the profound insights of Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, an intellectual luminary who connected Aristotle's teachings with the emerging scientific method. Al-Baghdadi's meticulous observations of Egypt from eight centuries ago illuminate its diverse flora, fauna, and cultural intricacies. At the same time, they chronicle the challenges of famine and societal disruption in Cairo. Through the lens of Tim Mackintosh-Smith, the talk also touches upon the enigmatic tales of al-Baghdadi's alleged reappearance in twentieth-century London. Speakers Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Author of "Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires" (Yale University Press, 2019); Historian, Arabist, and Traveler Part of "Library of Arabic Literature Book"

TalkLP Host Amber Bradley is back with the new series "...In Other News" with John Franchi, former CIA agent.  Amber and John talk the fentanyl crisis, supply chain potential issues, and WHHHAATT another potential pandemic??  Check out this convo to hear what's really going on in the world! Want more information from John?  Subscribe to his weekly update by clicking here.  Stay tuned for more “…In Other News” with valuable guests including more convos with CIA Guy John Franchi! More about John Franchi: John Franchi is a former senior officer of the Central Intelligence Agency, retiring after 29 years of distinguished government service which included numerous high-level positions internationally and in Washington DC, as well as with the U.S. military and U.S. Department of State. His assignments included tours throughout the Middle East and Africa, as well as extensive experience in Europe.  John is a fluent Arabist who has developed an expertise in geopolitical and transnational issues related to the Middle East, Islam, counterterrorism, counterintelligence and cyber issues. Over the course of his career John gained extensive experience in all facets of intelligence and operations, to include interfacing with all elements of the U.S. and foreign governments, as well as the private sector.  As such, he maintains extensive and deep relationships throughout the private sector and U.S. government across the U.S. as well as in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and parts of South America and Asia. He is currently the Director of Intelligence for Brosnan Risk Consultants in New York, a full-service security risk management, investigative, and intelligence firm. He is a graduate of Holy Cross College (BA in history) and Harvard University (MA in Middle East Studies).  He is married and has three sons.

Rena Netjes, Arabist en onderzoekster met focus op Syrië, kwam ons het laatste nieuws vertellen. Hoe kinderen gekidnapt worden en ingelijfd om te vechten. Hoe jonge, ook oude mensen, de vluchtroute naar Nederland en Duitsland aangaan met gevaar voor hun leven. Luister wat Rena allemaal verteld, wat wij doorgaans niet zo in de mainstream media horen. Host/ redactie: Anaïs Cortez- Reina Host/ techniek: NineG Music

TalkLP Host Amber Bradley kicks off a new series, "...In Other News," as she interviews folks that might have nothing to do with loss prevention or asset protection -- but have value to bring to this industry nonetheless!  Take former CIA agent John Franchi for instance.  This guy is a wealth of knowledge about what is going on in our country and across the world that will have significant impact on retail. John will join Amber on this series to provide a 'behind the scenes' look at our government, international affairs, and global markets.  To learn more from John, subscribe to his weekly update by clicking here.  Stay tuned for more "...In Other News" with valuable guests including more convos with CIA Guy John Franchi! More about John Franchi: John Franchi is a former senior officer of the Central Intelligence Agency, retiring after 29 years of distinguished government service which included numerous high-level positions internationally and in Washington DC, as well as with the U.S. military and U.S. Department of State. His assignments included tours throughout the Middle East and Africa, as well as extensive experience in Europe.  John is a fluent Arabist who has developed an expertise in geopolitical and transnational issues related to the Middle East, Islam, counterterrorism, counterintelligence and cyber issues. Over the course of his career John gained extensive experience in all facets of intelligence and operations, to include interfacing with all elements of the U.S. and foreign governments, as well as the private sector.  As such, he maintains extensive and deep relationships throughout the private sector and U.S. government across the U.S. as well as in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and parts of South America and Asia. He is currently the Director of Intelligence for Brosnan Risk Consultants in New York, a full-service security risk management, investigative, and intelligence firm. He is a graduate of Holy Cross College (BA in history) and Harvard University (MA in Middle East Studies).  He is married and has three sons.

How does the political and cultural shape the linguistic? How does power seep into terminology? What vocabulary is left for a people facing accumulated traumas caused by authoritarian brutality and imperial interventions recently compounded by natural disasters? This panel focuses on Syria to explore these questions about conducting cultural studies in times of disaster. It brings together the editor of and contributors to the recent special issue in the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication “Keywords in Contemporary Syrian Media, Culture and Politics.” The panellists will address the place of keywords in their scholarly research and engagement. Emma Aubin-Boltanski is a social anthropologist and an Arabist. She is one of the principal investigators of the research programme SHAKK (From revolt to War in Syria: Conflict, displacements, uncertainties), funded by the ANR (2018-2022) where she coordinates the project of a lexicon of the revolution and the war in Syria: https://syria-lexicon.pubpub.org/. Eylaf Bader Eddin is a post-doctoral researcher at The Prison Narratives of Assad's Syria: Voices, Texts, Publics (SYRASP) Project (851393) for his research “Musical Remains and Songs in Syrian Prisons and Exile” at the EUME Forum, Transregionale Studien in Berlin. Razan Ghazzawi is an exiled Syrian-Palestinian. Ghazzawi finished their PhD at the University of Sussex in Brighton and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at EUME, Berlin. Their thesis project is an ethnographical exploration of sexuality politics in the context of the ‘war on terror' and the ‘refugee crisis' in Syria and Lebanon by examining checkpoints and arrests as everyday forms of political violence against Syrian and Palestinian LGBTQ activists, artists, migrant workers, students and teachers based in Lebanon. Omar Al-Ghazzi is an Associate Professor in Media and Communications at LSE. His work focuses on the geopolitics of global communications, particularly in relation to news media and popular culture.

Selmân-i Fârisî (r.a.) Müslümân olmadan önce birçok râhibin hizmetinde bulunmuştu. Her biri ömrünün sonunda başka bir râhibin yanına gitmesini vasiyyet etmisti. Yanında bulundugu son râhibin de, vefâtı yaklaşınca, sizden sonra kimin yanına gideyim, diye sordu. O râhib dedi ki: “Şu ânda yeryüzünde sohbetinde bulunacağın ve sana hayır gelecek bir kimse bilmiyorum. Fakat âhir zamân Peygamberinin gönderilmesi yaklaştı! O Peygamber (s.a.v.) İbrâhîm (a.s.)'ın dîni üzere olur. O iki taşlık arâzî arasında ve hurma ağacının bol olduğu bir yerde bulunacaktır. İki kürek kemiği arasında nübüvvet mührü vardır. Hediyeyi kabûl eder, sadakayı kabûl etmez.”- Selmân-ı Fârisî (r.a.) o râhibin vasiyeti üzerine Arabistân'a gitmek üzere yola çıktı. Sonunda Medîne'ye ulaştı. Resûlullah (s.a.v.) Medîne'ye hicret ederken Kubâ'da konakladıkları sırada, Selmân-ı Fârisî (r.a.) yanına bir şeyler alıp, Resûlullah (s.a.v.)'ın huzûruna gitti. Götürdüğü şeyleri bunlar sadakadır diyerek takdîm etti. Resûlullah (s.a.v.), Ashâbı (r.a.e.)'e, “Siz yiyiniz” buyurdu ve kendisi yemedi. Selmân-ı Fârisî kendi kendine: “Alâmetin birisi ortaya çıktı” dedi. Bundan sonrasını kendisi söyle anlatmıştır: Resûlullah (s.a.v.) Kubâ'dan Medîne'ye gelince, yine yanıma bir şeyler alıp, huzûruna gittim. “Bunlar hediyedir” dedim. Resûlullah (s.a.v.) Ashâbı (r.a.e.)'i birlikte o hediyeden yediler. Kendi kendime “İkinci alâmet de tamâm” dedim. Sonra bir def'asında dahâ huzûruna vardım. Resûlullah (s.a.v.) Bakî kabristânında Ashâb (r.a.e.)'inden birinin cenâzesinde idi. Üzerinde biri ridâ, biri de izâr olmak üzere iki gömlek vardı. Ben nübüvvet mührünü göreyim diye yakın durdum. Resûlullah (s.a.v.) beni nübüvvet mührünü görsün diye mübârek omuzundan ridâsını indirdi. Nübüvvet mührünü gördüm. Tam râhibin bana ta'rîf ettiği gibiydi. Elimde olmayarak eğilip, nübüvvet mührünü öptüm ve ağladım. Resûlullah (s.a.v.) beni huzûruna çağırdı. Varıp oturdum. Başımdan geçen hâdiseleri birer birer anlattım. Hoşlarına gitti. Ashâb-ı Kirâm (r.a.e.)'in de bunları duymasını istedi. (Mevlânâ Abdürrahmân Câmî (r.h.), Şevahiddün Nübüvve, s.130-131)

Sally takes a swim in the river after a few days' absence from the boat, reflecting on how her natural surroundings fuel her writing. Her thoughts turn to her mother, who loved music; and she plays a song by Nina Simone, which Sally has often used as a teaching aid in her creative writing classes. It's an elegiac song, and Sally ponders how songs can help us unpick the difficult narratives of our own lives. At the end of the episode, Sally gets bad news about Philip, an old friend and student. She reaches for a passage from Shakespeare's The Tempest, an enraptured speech about music and the beauty of nature, and dedicates it to Philip in the final hours of his life. Further Reading The passage which Sally reads at the opening and ending of the episode is a rhapsodic speech by Caliban in Act 3, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Caliban is the original owner of the island, having had it bequeathed to him by his mother Sycorax; but Prospero, the Duke of Milan and a magus, has taken over the isle, and enslaved Caliban. Despite his servitude and the brutality of his treatment, Caliban shows he is poetically attuned to the enchantments of the island. Many of the phrases and images in this speech link us to Prospero's famous reflections in Act 4 Scene 1, on the beauty and the transience of life and the inevitability of death: “our revels now are ended.” Sally's mother is a central character in her critically praised memoir (although Sally prefers the term “anti-memoir”) Girl With Dove, published by William Collins. You can find out more about her writing on Sally's website: https://sallybayley.com/ Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist, who recorded more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974. The song Stars, which Sally analyses, was written and released by Janis Ian in 1974. Nina Simone covered it on the album Let It Be Me in 1987 and sang it live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1976. The melancholy of the live performance reflects Simone's mourning for the passage of time, the fate of the anti-racism aspirations of the 1960s civil rights movement, and her own decline in popularity and stardom. The song can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/track/1OXBfwBYtj2AAKi6jom1qT#login This episode is dedicated to Professor Philip J. Stewart, who passed away shortly after it was recorded. Philip was a remarkable polymath who worked across the arts and sciences; with characteristic modesty, he described himself as a “Jack of all trades and master of none”. He studied Arabic and in the 1960s had a brief career as an Arabist, translating a novel by Nobel Prize winning author Naguib Mahfouz. He then took a second degree in forestry and worked in forest conservation and erosion control in Algeria, before teaching ecology in Oxford and writing widely on topics from chemistry and astronomy to music. When he retired, he dedicated himself to literature, writing a book about ten poets who lived or wrote on Boars Hill where he lived – poets such as Robert Graves, Matthew Arnold and John Masefield - called Oxford's Parnassus (Bothie Books, 2021). Since this episode was recorded, Sally has heard from Philip's daughter that she did indeed read Caliban's speech to him before he passed away The producer of the podcast is Andrew Smith: https://www.fleetingyearfilms.com The extra voice in this episode is Emma Fielding and the beautiful piano tracks used in the episode are written and performed by Paul Clarke We are currently raising funds to pay to keep the podcast going. If you would like to support us, please visit - https://gofund.me/d5bef397 Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far. Special thanks go to Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Lady Ronia.  

ISIS used to dominate international headlines, with news of attacks on Western soil, and gruesome atrocities in Syria and Iraq. Since the collapse of its so-called caliphate, ISIS has become a shadow of its former self - or has it? In this episode of NATO DEEP Dive, Dr. Sajjan Gohel is joined by Pieter Van Ostaeyen, a historian, Arabist, and expert on ISIS, to discuss the current state of the group. From Europe to the Sahel, ISIS and its supporters remain active, physically and virtually, and may well present a threat to global security once more in the near future. Full transcripts for each episode can be found at: https://deepportal.hq.nato.int/eacademy/deep-dive-podcasts/ Follow DEEP Dive to stay up to date with each new upload.

Wij hadden een gesprek met Rena Netjes die weer op onderzoek uitging in Syrië. Zij vertelde hoe de situatie nu is en of er nieuwe ontwikkelingen zijn en vertelde over haar ontmoetingen met plaatselijke leiders in Syrië, Het laatste over de situatie in Afrin, Bulbul, Rajo, Azaz, Marea, ontheemden kampen..en natuurlijk de vragen van luisteraars. Rena netjes is Arabist en onderzoeker, zij reist meerdere keren per jaar naar Syrië af. Host/ redactie: Anaïs Cortez- Reina Host/ techniek: NineG Music Intro tune van NineG Music.

Hoe solidair blijft Europa tijdens energiecrisis Vandaag komen de EU-leiders bijeen in Praag over de aanpak van energiecrisis. Veel Europese landen worstelen met tekorten in aanloop naar de winter. Duitsland trekt 200 miljard euro uit de kas om consumenten en bedrijven te beschermen. En dat is tegen het zere been van EU-landen die niet beschikken over die economische slagkracht. De bijeenkomst in Praag moet een einde brengen aan de onenigheid. Wat wordt de Europese strategie? En hoe solidair blijven de EU-landen onderling? Daarover Mohammed Chahim, Europarlementariër van de PvdA, en Mathieu Blondeel, deskundige energie en geopolitiek. Einde aan wapenstilstand Jemen Na zes maanden is er een einde gekomen aan de wapenstilstand in Jemen. De grote vrees die nu heerst in het land is of het oorlogsgeweld tussen de strijdende partijen daarmee weer oplaait. Waarom kwam er nu een einde aan de wapenstilstand? En wat betekent een voortzetting van het conflict voor Europa, dat sinds kort via via ook gas importeert uit Jemen? We vragen het Arabist en antropoloog Leo Kwarten. Buitenland Uitgelicht: Duitsland Met Kim Deen.

Na zes maanden is er een einde gekomen aan de wapenstilstand in Jemen. De grote vrees die nu heerst in het land is of het oorlogsgeweld tussen de strijdende partijen daarmee weer oplaait. Waarom kwam er nu een einde aan de wapenstilstand? En wat betekent een voortzetting van het conflict voor Europa, dat sinds kort via via ook gas importeert uit Jemen? We vragen het Arabist en antropoloog Leo Kwarten.

Interview with prominent political scientist and Arabist

David is a former CIA agent and author of the thriller Damascus Station. We discuss the CIA, growing up, his wonderful book. Syria and the creative process.

Son Peygambere uyan, bütün Peygamberlere uymuş olur! 79. Mektup - Son Peygambere uyan, bütün Peygamberlere uymuş olur! Bu mektûb, yine Cebbârî hâna yazılmış olup, bu parlak dînin geçmiş dinlerin herbirini bir araya getirmiş olduğunu ve bu dîne uymak, bütün dinlere uymak olacağını bildirmekdedir: “Allahü teâlâ, Muhammed aleyhisselâmın getirdiği parlak dîne uymak ve bu doğru yolda ilerlemek, böylece rızâsına, sevgisine kavuşmak nasîb eylesin! Çünki, Allahü teâlâ, bütün ismlerinin ve sıfatlarının kemâllerini, üstünlüklerini, en sevgili kulu ve resûlü olan Muhammed aleyhisselâmda toplamışdır. Bütün bu üstünlükler, kula yakışacak şekilde onda görünmekdedir. Ona indirilmiş olan kitâb, ya'nî Kurân-ı kerîm, bütün Peygamberlere “aleyhimüsselâm” indirilmiş olan kitâbların hepsinin hulâsasıdır. Hepsinde bildirilmiş olanlar, bunda da vardır. Bu büyük Peygambere “aleyhissalâtü vesselâm” verilmiş olan din de geçmiş dinlerin hepsinin süzülmüş kaymağı gibidir. Hak olan, doğru olan bu dînin bildirdiği her iş, geçmiş dinlerde bildirilen amellerden, işlerden seçilmiş, alınmışdır. Ayrıca meleklerin işlerinden de seçilmiş alınmış bulunmakdadır. Meselâ, meleklerden bir kısmına rükü' etmek emr olunmuşdur. Birçoklarına secde etmek, başka meleklere de kıyâm, ya'nî ayakda ibâdet etmeleri emredilmişdir. Bunun gibi, geçmiş ümmetlerden ba'zısına yalnız sabâh nemâzı emr edilmişdi. Başkalarına, başka vaktlerin nemâzı emr olunmuşdu. Geçmiş ümmetlerin ve mukarreb meleklerin ibâdetlerinden, amellerinden süzülenleri, seçilenleri, bu dinde emr olundu. Bunun için, bu dîni tasdîk etmek, inanmak ve bu dînin emrlerine uymak, geçmiş bütün dinleri tasdîk etmek ve hepsine uymak olur. Demek oluyor ki, bu dîni tasdîk edenler, ümmetlerin en hayrlısı, en iyileri olur. Bu dîne inanmıyan, beğenmiyen, buna uymak istemiyen de geçmiş dinlerin hepsine inanmamış, hiçbirine uymamış olur. Bunun gibi, insanların en üstünü, iyilerin seçilmişi olan Muhammed aleyhisselâma inanmıyan, o büyük Peygambere dil uzatan bir kimse, Allahü teâlânın ismlerinin ve sıfatlarının kemâllerine, üstünlüklerine inanmamış olur. Resûlullaha “aleyhissalâtü vesselâm” inanmak, Onun üstünlüğünü anlamak da, bütün kemâlleri anlamak ve inanmak olur. Demek ki, bu yüce Peygambere inanmıyan, onun getirdiği dîni beğenmeyen kimse, ümmetlerin, insanların en kötüsü, en aşağısıdır. Bunun içindir ki, Tevbe sûresinin doksanyedinci âyetinde meâlen, “Bedevî Araplar, kafirlik ve münafıklıkta daha ileridedirler; Allah'ın resulüne indirdiklerinin sınırlarını tanımamaya daha yatkındırlar...” buyuruldu. Fârisî iki beyt tercemesi: Arabistânda doğan, Muhammed “aleyhisselâm”, Dünyâ ve âhiretin efendisi odur hemân! Toprak altında kalsın, ezilsin, batsın her zemân, Onun kapısında toz, toprak olmak istemiyen! Bütün ni'metleri, iyilikleri gönderen Allahü teâlâya hamd olsun ki, sizin bu islâmiyyeti ve onun sâhibini sevdiğiniz, iyice inandığınız ve uygunsuz davranışlarınıza pişmân olduğunuz görülmekdedir. Allahü teâlâ bu uyanıklığınızı artdırsın! Âmîn. Allahü teâlâya hamd ve şükr olsun ki, bu islâmiyyete ve islâmiyyetin sâhibine “aleyhissalâtü vesselâmü vettehıyye” güzel i'tikâd ve güzel düşünce, güzel şeklde sizde görülmekde ve dâimâ uygunsuz hareketlerinize pişmân olmak elinize geçmekdedir. Allahü teâlâ dahâ çoğunu nasîb eylesin. İkinci olarak şunu da ricâ edeyim ki, düâcınızın bu mektûbunu size getiren Şeyh Mustafâ, Kâdî Şerîhin soyundandır. O temiz sülâlenin çocukları bu memleketde saygı gören büyüklerden olmuşlardır. Maddî bakımdan da râhat yaşamışlardır. Adı geçen şeyh Mustafânın maâşı yokdur. Bu yüzden asker olmak yolundadır. Senedler ve emrler de yanındadır. Umulur ki, sizin vâsıtanızla, bu sıkıntıdan kurtulup, cem'iyyete kavuşur. Dahâ fazla yazıp başınızı ağrıtmıyayım. Kendisini sadr-ı a'zama o şeklde ısmarlayınız ki işi olsun ve ...

Description: Why the need to focus on a long-deceased Grand Mufti when numerous Imams today are saying that Jews are the sons of apes and pigs, and calling for the death of Jews? It is because Amin al-Husseini (the British Mandate-appointed Grand Mufti) is considered the father of modern terrorism against Jews and Israel. Born into a wealthy Ottoman-era family, al-Husseini was more Arab nationalist and focused his efforts on Arab unification with Syria, to create a pan-Arab nation (along with other areas of the Levant). But the tide quickly turned with the help of the British, and once absolute power was bestowed to the Grand Mufti, he was hell-bent on destroying the Jews not only in Palestine but also in Iraq (the Farhud), and later in Europe as a right-hand helper to Hitler. Ido Reif goes into great detail into the life and criminality of the Grand Mufti, and the ramifications of his actions that are still carried out in modern times.www.tbtnisrael.com

Greg Olear talks to the Arabist and cultural expert Diana Darke, author of “Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe” and a number of other books on the Middle East, on the history of Syria, the current situation with the Assad regime, and what Putin learned from Russia's involvement. Plus: a new film by Stanley Kubrick. Follow Diana Darke: https://twitter.com/dianadarke Her site: https://dianadarke.com/ Buy her books: https://www.amazon.com/Diana-Darke/e/B001KI82JM?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1649346031&sr=1-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJYpUtjHpdA Subscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter: https://gregolear.substack.com/about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abdestin edebleri: Edeb, burada yapılması sevâb olup, yapılmazsa hiç günâh olmayan şeyler demekdir. Hâlbuki, sünneti yapmak sevâb olup, yapmamak, tenzîhî mekrûhdur. Edeblere, mendûb ve müstehab da denir. Abdestin edeblerinden, (Halebî-yi sagîr)de bildirilenler şunlardır: 1 — Abdesti, nemâz vakti girmeden önce almakdır. Özr sâhiblerinin, vakt girdikden sonra alması lâzımdır. 2 — Halâda tahâretlenirken, kıbleyi sağ veyâ sol tarafa almakdır. Abdest bozarken, kıbleye önünü ve arkasını dönmek tahrîmen mekrûhdur. Ayakları açıp çömelmek edebdir. 3 — Necâset bulaşmamış ise, su ile tahâretlenmek edebdir. Necâset, dirhem mikdârından [ya'nî bir miskalden, dört gram ve seksen santigramdan] az ise, yıkamak sünnetdir. Dirhem mikdârı bulaşmış ise, yıkamak vâcib, fazlasını yıkamak farzdır. Yıkamakda aded yokdur. Temizleninceye kadar yıkamalıdır. Sol elin, bir veyâ iki veyâ üç parmağının içi ile yıkanır. 4 — Tahâretlendikden sonra, bez ile kurulanmakdır. Bez yok ise, el ile kurulamalıdır. 5 — Tahâretlendikden sonra, avret mahallini, hemen örtmekdir. Tenhâda lüzûmsuz açmak, edebi bozar. 6 — Başkasından yardım istemeyip, abdesti kendisi almakdır. İstemeden su döken olursa, câizdir. 7 — Kıbleye karşı, abdest almakdır. 8 — Abdest alırken konuşmamakdır. 9 — Her uzvu yıkarken, kelime-i şehâdet okumakdır. 10 — Abdest düâlarını okumakdır. 11 — Ağzına sağ el ile su vermekdir. 12 — Burnuna sağ el ile su vermek, sol el ile temizlemekdir. 13 — Ağzı yıkarken, dişleri (Misvâk) ile temizlemekdir. Sağ el parmakları uzatılıp, baş parmakla küçük parmak misvâkın altından, diğer üç parmak da üstünden tutarak, üç kerre sağ, üç kerre de sol yandaki dişler üzerine hafîfce sürülür. Kuvvetle sürmemeli, dişleri bozar. Hafîf sürülünce dişleri ve diş etlerini kuvvetlendirir. Misvâk, Arabistânda bulunan Erâk ağacının dalından, bir karış uzunlukda kesilen parçadır. Erâk dalı bulunmazsa, zeytin veyâ başka dallardan da olabilir. Nar dalı olmaz. Çünki acıdır. Yinilen ve içilen şeyler acı olmamalıdır. Misvâk bulunmazsa, fırça da kullanılabilir. Bu da yoksa, sağ elin baş parmağını sağ yandaki dişler üzerine, ikinci küçük parmağını sol dişler üzerine üç kerre sürerek temizlemelidir. 14 — Ağzı yıkarken, oruclu değilse, ağzı çalkalamakdır. Buğazında hafîf gargara yapmak abdestde de, guslde de sünnetdir. Oruclu iken mekrûhdur. 15 — Burnu yıkarken, suyu kemiğe yakın çekmekdir. 16 — Kulağı mesh ederken birer parmağı, kulak deliğine sokmakdır. 17 — Ayak parmaklarının aralarını tahlîl ederken, sol elin küçük parmağı ile ve alt taraflarından tahlîl etmekdir. 18 — Elleri yıkarken, geniş yüzüğü yerinden oynatmakdır. Dar, sıkı yüzüğü oynatmak ise lâzım olup, farzdır. 19 — Su bol ise de, isrâf etmemekdir. 20 — Suyu, yağ sürer gibi az kullanmamakdır. Üç def'ada da, yıkanan yerden en az iki damla su damlamalıdır. 21 — Abdest aldığı kabı dolu bırakmakdır. 22 — Abdest bitince veyâ ortasında (Allahümmec'alnî minettevvâbîn...) düâsını okumakdır. 23 — Abdestden sonra (Sübhâ), ya'nî iki rek'at nemâz kılmakdır. 24 — Abdestli iken, abdest almakdır. Ya'nî nemâz kıldıkdan sonra, abdestli iken, yeni nemâz için, bir dahâ abdest almakdır. 25 — Yüzü yıkarken, göz pınarını, çapakları temizlemekdir. 26 — Yüzü, kolları, ayakları yıkarken, farz olan yerlerden biraz fazlasını yıkamak. Kolları yıkarken, avuca su doldurmalı, bunu dirseğe doğru akıtmalıdır. 27 — Abdest alırken, kullanılan sudan, elbiseye, üste, başa sıçratmamakdır. 28 — İbni bidîn, abdesti bozanlarda diyor ki, (Kendi mezhebinde mekrûh olmıyan birşey, başka mezhebde farz ise, bunu yapmak müstehabdır). İmâm-ı Rabbânî, 286. cı mektûbda diyor ki, (Mâlikîde, abdest a'zâsını uğmak farz olduğu için, muhakkak uğmalıdır). İbni bidîn, ric'î talâkı anlatırken diyor ki, (Hanefî mezhebinde olanın, mâlikî mezhebini taklîd etmesi evlâdır. Tam İlmihal Se`âdet-i Ebediyye | Sayfa : 123 - 124 - 125

FRANK GARDNER chats to Paul Burke about his explosive thriller OUTBREAK, out now in paperback, protagonist Luke Carlton, the zeitgeist and hitting the crocodiles closest to the canoe.OUTBREAK: Deep within the Arctic Circle, three scientists from the UK's Arctic Research Station trudge through a blizzard in search of shelter. They see a cabin ahead. It appears abandoned. No lights. No snowmobile outside. But as they push open the door, the smell hits them. Rank and foetid: there's something bad inside.Then movement. A man lies slumped, his face disfigured by livid pustules. Blood runs from his nostrils; his chest glistens blackly. The team's medic, Dr Sheila Mackenzie, pushes forward to examine him when the convulsions start. Blood, bile and mucus spray into the air. The doctor knows it's too late - she's been contaminated . . .Within hours, a full-scale operation to contain this contagion is underway. Samples are rushed to the laboratories at Porton Down on high alert. What they discover changes everything. Supported by phone and data intercepts, British Intelligence reaches a terrifying conclusion: that Russia has been developing a new generation of bio-weapons.Dispatched to investigate, MI6's Luke Carlton finds himself on a serpentine trail of lies and deception. From a mysterious factory in Lithuania, via arrest and imprisonment, and ultimately back to Britain, he discovers that they've been looking in the wrong place all along.FRANK GARDNER Born in 1961, Frank Gardner is the BBC's Security Correspondent, reporting for television and radio on issues of domestic and international security, notably on Islamist extremist related terrorism. A fluent Arabist, with a degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies, he was previously the BBC's Middle East Correspondent based in Cairo, and before that in Dubai. In June 2004, while reporting in Riyadh, Frank and his cameraman, Simon Cumbers, were ambushed by Islamist gunmen. Simon was killed outright, Frank was shot multiple times and left for dead. Against all expectations, he survived and, in 2006, published his acclaimed and bestselling memoir, Blood and Sand. In 2009 he published Far Horizons, a much praised account of his life as an inveterate traveller and explorer. His first novel, the thriller Crisis, was a No.1 bestseller. Awarded an OBE for services to journalism, Frank has also written for the Economist, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Time Out and has been published in The Best of Sunday Times Travel Writing.He lives in London with his family.Recommendations/References:books; Beside the Syrian Sea and How to Betray Your Country by James WoolfBlood and Sand by Frank GardnerSo Far From God Patrick MarnhamTV/Radio;No Time To DieJason BourneBreaking BadThe Night ManagerFuture WarfareProduced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate & LeighCrime TimePaul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover, NB Magazine and the European Literature Network and edits/presents Crime Time FM.

Muhammed Resûlullah “sallallahü aleyhi ve sellem”, mahbûb-i Rabbil'âlemîndir. Ya'nî Allahü teâlânın sevgilisidir. Her şeyin en iyisi, sevgiliye verilir. [Seyyid Abdülhakîm efendi buyurdu ki: (Her Peygamber, kendi zemânında, kendi mekânında, kendi kavminin hepsinden, her bakımdan üstündür. Muhammed “aleyhisselâm” ise, her zemânda, her memleketde, ya'nî dünyâ yaratıldığı günden, kıyâmet kopuncaya kadar, gelmiş ve gelecek, bütün varlıkların, her bakımdan en üstünüdür. Hiç kimse, hiçbir bakımdan Onun üstünde değildir. Bu güç birşey değildir. Dilediğini yapan, her istediğini yaratan, Onu böyle yaratmışdır. Hiçbir insanın Onu medh edecek gücü yokdur. Hiçbir insanın, Onu tenkîd edecek iktidârı yokdur). Allahü teâlânın, (Sen olmasaydın, gökleri yaratmazdım!) buyurduğu, (Ma'rifetnâme) önsözünde ve (Mevâhib-i ledünniyye)nin 6. cı ve 13. cü ve (Envâr-ı Muhammediyye)nin 13. cü ve 15. ci sahîfelerinde yazılıdır. Allahü teâlâ, bir insanda bulunabilecek, görünür görünmez bütün iyilikleri, bütün üstünlükleri, bütün güzellikleri, sevgilisinde toplamışdır. Meselâ, insanların en güzel yüzlüsü ve gâyet nûrânî benizlisi idi. Mubârek yüzü, kırmızı ile karışık beyâz olup, ay gibi nûrlanırdı. Sözleri gâyet tatlı olup, gönülleri alır, rûhları cezb ederdi. Aklı o kadar çokdu ki, Arabistân yarım adasında, sert, inâdcı insanlar arasında gelip, çok güzel idâre ederek ve cefâlarına sabr ederek, onları yumuşaklığa ve itâ'ate getirdi. Çoğu dinlerini bırakıp müslimân oldu ve dîn-i islâm yolunda babalarına ve oğullarına karşı harb etdi. Onun uğrunda mallarını, yurtlarını fedâ edip, kanlarını akıtdı. Hâlbuki, böyle şeylere alışık değildiler. Güzel huyu, yumuşaklığı, afvı, sabrı, ihsânı, ikrâmı, o kadar çokdu ki, herkesi hayrân bırakırdı. Görenler ve işitenler seve seve müslimân olurdu. Hiçbir hareketinde, hiçbir işinde, hiçbir sözünde, hiçbir zemân, hiçbir çirkinlik, hiçbir kusûr görülmemişdir. Kendisi için kimseye gücenmediği hâlde, din düşmanlarına, dîne dil ve el uzatanlara karşı sert ve şiddetli idi. Herkese karşı yumuşak olmasaydı, Peygamberlik heybetinden, büyüklük hâllerinden, kimse yanında oturmağa ve sözünü dinlemeğe tâkat getiremezdi. Kimseden birşey okumamış, öğrenmemiş, hiç yazı yazmamış iken ve seyâhat etmeyen ve geçmişlerden ve etrafdakilerden haberi olmayan insanlar arasında hâsıl olmuş iken, Tevrâtda ve İncîlde ve bütün başka kitâblarda yazılı şeyleri bildirdi. Geçmişlerin hâllerinden haber verdi. Her dinden, her meslekden ileri gelenlerin hepsini huccet ve burhânlar söyliyerek susdurdu. En büyük mu'cize olarak Kur'ân-ı kerîmi ortaya koydu ki, altıbinikiyüzotuzaltı âyetinden biri gibi söyliyemezsiniz diye meydân okuduğu hâlde, kimse, bindörtyüz bu kadar seneden beri, dünyânın her tarafında bütün islâm düşmanları elele vererek, mallar, servetler dökerek uğraşdıkları hâlde, söyliyemedi. Kur'ân-ı kerîmde kimsenin yapamıyacağı, söyliyemiyeceği şeyler sayılamıyacak kadar çokdur. ... Demek oluyor ki, büyük bir şehrde, herkesin arasında doğup, yetişmiş, kırk sene birlikde yaşayıp, bir kitâb okumamış, seyâhat etmemiş, şi'r söylememiş ve nutk vermemiş iken, birdenbire, kimsenin söyliyemiyeceği ve altısını bildirdiğimiz incelikleri ile, her sözün ve her kitâbın üstünde bir kitâb getiren ve güzel huyları ve üstün hâlleri ile, bütün insanların ve Peygamberlerin “salevâtullahi teâlâ aleyhim ecma'în”, her bakımdan en iyisi olan bir kimsenin, Allahü teâlânın sevgili Peygamberi olduğu, akl ve vicdân sâhibleri için, pek açık bir hakîkatdir. Tam İlmihal Se`âdet-i Ebediyye | Sayfa : 33 - 34

In this week's #Forum2000online Chat, French political scientist and Arabist and Professor at Paris Sciences and Lettres University, Gilles Kepel, spoke about the situation in Afghanistan and the wider region now that the US have withdrew. In this interview, you will learn that: We were supposed to expect the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, but the hasty execution of it was rather surprising. Recent images of the withdrawal are reminiscent of the US defeat in Saigon in 1975. Today's Taliban shows differences from the Taliban of 1996 to 2001. Human and other rights are disappearing as if 20 years of American presence had not occurred. The international jihadist movement might seek to relocate some of its activities to Afghanistan Europe will have to take responsibility for migration and its borders.   Gilles Kepel is a French political scientist and Arabist and Professor at Paris Sciences and Lettres University (PSL) as well as the Director of the Middle East and Mediterranean Program at Ecole Normale Supérieure. His newest book „Away from Chaos: The Middle East and the Challenge to the West” was published in English translation in 2020.   This interview was recorded on October 5, 2021 and moderated by Arzu Geybulla, Azerbaijanian journalist and member of the Forum 2000 Program Council. For more information about our activities follow our web and social media: Web: https://www.forum2000.cz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forum.2000 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Forum_2000

A Physician on the Nile: A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years (NYU Press, 2021) is a unique text that will fascinate specialists and general readers alike. Written by the polymath and physician ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī, and intended for the Abbasid caliph al-Nāṣir (r. 1180-1225 CE), the first part of the book offers detailed descriptions of Egypt's geography, plants, animals, and local cuisine, including a recipe for a giant picnic pie made with three entire roast lambs and dozens of chickens. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf's text is also a pioneering work of ancient Egyptology, with detailed observations of Pharaonic monuments, sculptures, and mummies. An early and ardent champion of archaeological conservation, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf condemns the vandalism wrought by tomb-robbers and notes with distaste that Egyptian grocers price their goods with labels written on recycled mummy-wrappings. The book's second half relates his horrific eyewitness account of the great famine that afflicted Egypt in the years 597–598/1200–1202. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf was a keen observer of humanity, and he offers vivid first-hand depictions of starvation, cannibalism, and a society in moral free-fall. At times funny and witty, at others poignant and harrowing, al-Baghdadi's voice is rendered through the expert translation of Tim Mackintosh-Smith, a travel writer and Arabist who has been based in Sana'a, Yemen, for four decades. In this interview we discuss the art of translating a text for a modern audience, and explore this fascinating text, published in a bilingual Arabic-English version by the Library of Arabic Literature (New York University Press, 2021), which is distinguished by the acute, humane, and ever-curious mind of its author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

A Physician on the Nile: A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years (NYU Press, 2021) is a unique text that will fascinate specialists and general readers alike. Written by the polymath and physician ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī, and intended for the Abbasid caliph al-Nāṣir (r. 1180-1225 CE), the first part of the book offers detailed descriptions of Egypt's geography, plants, animals, and local cuisine, including a recipe for a giant picnic pie made with three entire roast lambs and dozens of chickens. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf's text is also a pioneering work of ancient Egyptology, with detailed observations of Pharaonic monuments, sculptures, and mummies. An early and ardent champion of archaeological conservation, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf condemns the vandalism wrought by tomb-robbers and notes with distaste that Egyptian grocers price their goods with labels written on recycled mummy-wrappings. The book's second half relates his horrific eyewitness account of the great famine that afflicted Egypt in the years 597–598/1200–1202. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf was a keen observer of humanity, and he offers vivid first-hand depictions of starvation, cannibalism, and a society in moral free-fall. At times funny and witty, at others poignant and harrowing, al-Baghdadi's voice is rendered through the expert translation of Tim Mackintosh-Smith, a travel writer and Arabist who has been based in Sana'a, Yemen, for four decades. In this interview we discuss the art of translating a text for a modern audience, and explore this fascinating text, published in a bilingual Arabic-English version by the Library of Arabic Literature (New York University Press, 2021), which is distinguished by the acute, humane, and ever-curious mind of its author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

A Physician on the Nile: A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years (NYU Press, 2021) is a unique text that will fascinate specialists and general readers alike. Written by the polymath and physician ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī, and intended for the Abbasid caliph al-Nāṣir (r. 1180-1225 CE), the first part of the book offers detailed descriptions of Egypt's geography, plants, animals, and local cuisine, including a recipe for a giant picnic pie made with three entire roast lambs and dozens of chickens. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf's text is also a pioneering work of ancient Egyptology, with detailed observations of Pharaonic monuments, sculptures, and mummies. An early and ardent champion of archaeological conservation, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf condemns the vandalism wrought by tomb-robbers and notes with distaste that Egyptian grocers price their goods with labels written on recycled mummy-wrappings. The book's second half relates his horrific eyewitness account of the great famine that afflicted Egypt in the years 597–598/1200–1202. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf was a keen observer of humanity, and he offers vivid first-hand depictions of starvation, cannibalism, and a society in moral free-fall. At times funny and witty, at others poignant and harrowing, al-Baghdadi's voice is rendered through the expert translation of Tim Mackintosh-Smith, a travel writer and Arabist who has been based in Sana'a, Yemen, for four decades. In this interview we discuss the art of translating a text for a modern audience, and explore this fascinating text, published in a bilingual Arabic-English version by the Library of Arabic Literature (New York University Press, 2021), which is distinguished by the acute, humane, and ever-curious mind of its author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

A Physician on the Nile: A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years (NYU Press, 2021) is a unique text that will fascinate specialists and general readers alike. Written by the polymath and physician ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī, and intended for the Abbasid caliph al-Nāṣir (r. 1180-1225 CE), the first part of the book offers detailed descriptions of Egypt's geography, plants, animals, and local cuisine, including a recipe for a giant picnic pie made with three entire roast lambs and dozens of chickens. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf's text is also a pioneering work of ancient Egyptology, with detailed observations of Pharaonic monuments, sculptures, and mummies. An early and ardent champion of archaeological conservation, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf condemns the vandalism wrought by tomb-robbers and notes with distaste that Egyptian grocers price their goods with labels written on recycled mummy-wrappings. The book's second half relates his horrific eyewitness account of the great famine that afflicted Egypt in the years 597–598/1200–1202. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf was a keen observer of humanity, and he offers vivid first-hand depictions of starvation, cannibalism, and a society in moral free-fall. At times funny and witty, at others poignant and harrowing, al-Baghdadi's voice is rendered through the expert translation of Tim Mackintosh-Smith, a travel writer and Arabist who has been based in Sana'a, Yemen, for four decades. In this interview we discuss the art of translating a text for a modern audience, and explore this fascinating text, published in a bilingual Arabic-English version by the Library of Arabic Literature (New York University Press, 2021), which is distinguished by the acute, humane, and ever-curious mind of its author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

CIA clandestine services veteran and longtime Middle East hand Marc Polymeropoulos tells Jeff Stein that the CIA no longer prizes regional expertise, instead opting for spy corps “generalists” who can be shifted from region to region. In this Special Edition of the SpyTalk podcast, Polymeropoulos laments the passing of Charlie Seidel, who he calls the CIA's “last great Arabist.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CIA clandestine services veteran and longtime Middle East hand Marc Polymeropoulos tells Jeff Stein that the CIA no longer prizes regional expertise, instead opting for spy corps “generalists” who can be shifted from region to region. In this Special Edition of the SpyTalk podcast, Polymeropoulos laments the passing of Charlie Seidel, who he calls the CIA’s “last great Arabist.”Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

CIA clandestine services veteran and longtime Middle East hand Marc Polymeropoulos tells Jeff Stein that the CIA no longer prizes regional expertise, instead opting for spy corps “generalists” who can be shifted from region to region. In this Special Edition of the SpyTalk podcast, Polymeropoulos laments the passing of Charlie Seidel, who he calls the CIA’s “last great Arabist.”Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pilot and Arabist, Bill Kelsey talks about the origins of Zionism and the current state of Israel. He explains that the region's issues haven't “been there forever.” Going back to the 18th and 19th centuries, in Europe, Kelsey discusses the colonial settler construct that led to the formation of modern day Israel and who really paid the price. As a toddler, Kelsey first went to Jordan accompanying his father on an archeology dig at Dothan near Jenin, on the West Bank, controlled by Jordan at the time. His father then continued his career as a Baptist pastor and the family lived in Amman through the spring of 1967. He also lived in Beirut for the first two years of high school. After returning to the U.S. in 1967, Kelsey continued to travel to the Arab World and kept up with Arabic studies and studying the history of the Israel/Arab conflict. He is fluent in Arabic. Professionally, he worked as a bush pilot doing mostly humanitarian aviation in Africa and Asia for the last two decades. His last job was flying medevac combat casualties in South Sudan. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch    

In our latest episode of Babel, Jon Alterman was joined by Issandr El Amrani, regional director for the Middle East/North Africa region at the Open Society Foundation. Issandr talked to Jon about how political trends across the Middle East have unfolded in the ten years since the Arab Spring. He also gives his thoughts on what trends people should be watching going forward. Then, Jon, Natasha Hall, and Danny Sharp explore the Arab Spring's legacy ten years on. Oz Katerji, "Betrayed by Their Leaders, Failed by the West, Arabs Still Want Democracy," Foreign Policy, December 17, 2020. Issandr El Amrani, "In Translation: Sisi's Road to Presidency for Life," The Arabist, May 17, 2018. Issandr El Amrani, "Morocco's Second Spring," The Guardian, April 17, 2012. Episode Transcript, "The Arab Spring Ten Years On," CSIS, January 12, 2021.

In 1956 the British Government, led by Anthony Eden, embarked on a disastrous military adventure with France and Israel that divided the country, split both political parties and was conducted despite the misgivings of the navy and air force. The agreement to attack Egypt was decided by the three main powers at a villa at Sevres weeks before the invasion. Britain wished to removed an irritant in the form of Colonel Nasser, the nationalist leader of Egypt who had nationalised the Suez Canal, the vital waterway between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, the French wished to destroy him because of his pan Arabist support for the Algerian independence movement, and Israel saw an opportunity to cripple is most deadly neighbour. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Second part of interview with Mackintosh-Smith, Arabist and adopted Yemeni.

The gang interviews Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabist and adopted Yemeni.

Petra werkte als diplomate op Nederlandse ambassades en en trad regelmatig op als commentator in nieuwsprogramma's. Ze is sinds 2015 namens D66 lid van de Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal en is expert diversiteit en inclusie. Jempi Moens gaat met Petra in gesprek over het creëren van je eigen droom, de moed hebben om je eigen pad te volgen en ook kwetsbaar durven te zijn. In hoeverre is er in onze maatschappij plaats voor natuurlijk gezag (charisma) en is leiderschap niet meer gebaseerd op machtsspel? Wat kunnen we van Petra leren vanuit de Arabische wereld?

Visitors around the world have travelled to Europe to see the tall spires and stained glass windows of the continent's Gothic cathedrals: in Cologne, Chartres, Milan, Florence, York and Paris. The trappings of Gothic architecture have become shorthand for “medieval Europe”. Yet in Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe (Hurst: 2020), Diana Darke investigates the Islamic origins of Gothic architecture, tracing its history through pre-Islamic Syria through the Islamic empires to the tall European cathedrals between the 12th and 17th centuries. The book sold out on its first day of sale, in part due to its review in The Guardian, which called the book "an exhilarating, meticulously researched book that sheds light on centuries of borrowing." In this interivew, Diana Darke and I talk about the origins of what we consider to be “Gothic architecture”, how those styles came to Europe, how this history of cultural and intellectual exchange may have gotten lost, and what we miss when we code something as fully “European”, fully “Islamic”, or fully any kind of culture. Diana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. Among her better-known books are The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival and My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, where you can find its review of Stealing from the Saracens. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. In his day job, he's a researcher and writer for a think tank in economic and sustainable development. He is also a print and broadcast commentator on local and regional politics. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visitors around the world have travelled to Europe to see the tall spires and stained glass windows of the continent's Gothic cathedrals: in Cologne, Chartres, Milan, Florence, York and Paris. The trappings of Gothic architecture have become shorthand for “medieval Europe”. Yet in Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe (Hurst: 2020), Diana Darke investigates the Islamic origins of Gothic architecture, tracing its history through pre-Islamic Syria through the Islamic empires to the tall European cathedrals between the 12th and 17th centuries. The book sold out on its first day of sale, in part due to its review in The Guardian, which called the book "an exhilarating, meticulously researched book that sheds light on centuries of borrowing." In this interivew, Diana Darke and I talk about the origins of what we consider to be “Gothic architecture”, how those styles came to Europe, how this history of cultural and intellectual exchange may have gotten lost, and what we miss when we code something as fully “European”, fully “Islamic”, or fully any kind of culture. Diana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. Among her better-known books are The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival and My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, where you can find its review of Stealing from the Saracens. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. In his day job, he's a researcher and writer for a think tank in economic and sustainable development. He is also a print and broadcast commentator on local and regional politics. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-review

Visitors around the world have travelled to Europe to see the tall spires and stained glass windows of the continent's Gothic cathedrals: in Cologne, Chartres, Milan, Florence, York and Paris. The trappings of Gothic architecture have become shorthand for “medieval Europe”. Yet in Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe (Hurst: 2020), Diana Darke investigates the Islamic origins of Gothic architecture, tracing its history through pre-Islamic Syria through the Islamic empires to the tall European cathedrals between the 12th and 17th centuries. The book sold out on its first day of sale, in part due to its review in The Guardian, which called the book "an exhilarating, meticulously researched book that sheds light on centuries of borrowing." In this interivew, Diana Darke and I talk about the origins of what we consider to be “Gothic architecture”, how those styles came to Europe, how this history of cultural and intellectual exchange may have gotten lost, and what we miss when we code something as fully “European”, fully “Islamic”, or fully any kind of culture. Diana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. Among her better-known books are The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival and My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, where you can find its review of Stealing from the Saracens. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. In his day job, he's a researcher and writer for a think tank in economic and sustainable development. He is also a print and broadcast commentator on local and regional politics. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visitors around the world have travelled to Europe to see the tall spires and stained glass windows of the continent's Gothic cathedrals: in Cologne, Chartres, Milan, Florence, York and Paris. The trappings of Gothic architecture have become shorthand for “medieval Europe”. Yet in Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe (Hurst: 2020), Diana Darke investigates the Islamic origins of Gothic architecture, tracing its history through pre-Islamic Syria through the Islamic empires to the tall European cathedrals between the 12th and 17th centuries. The book sold out on its first day of sale, in part due to its review in The Guardian, which called the book "an exhilarating, meticulously researched book that sheds light on centuries of borrowing." In this interivew, Diana Darke and I talk about the origins of what we consider to be “Gothic architecture”, how those styles came to Europe, how this history of cultural and intellectual exchange may have gotten lost, and what we miss when we code something as fully “European”, fully “Islamic”, or fully any kind of culture. Diana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. Among her better-known books are The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival and My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, where you can find its review of Stealing from the Saracens. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. In his day job, he's a researcher and writer for a think tank in economic and sustainable development. He is also a print and broadcast commentator on local and regional politics. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visitors around the world have travelled to Europe to see the tall spires and stained glass windows of the continent’s Gothic cathedrals: in Cologne, Chartres, Milan, Florence, York and Paris. The trappings of Gothic architecture have become shorthand for “medieval Europe”. Yet in Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe (Hurst: 2020), Diana Darke investigates the Islamic origins of Gothic architecture, tracing its history through pre-Islamic Syria through the Islamic empires to the tall European cathedrals between the 12th and 17th centuries. The book sold out on its first day of sale, in part due to its review in The Guardian, which called the book "an exhilarating, meticulously researched book that sheds light on centuries of borrowing." In this interivew, Diana Darke and I talk about the origins of what we consider to be “Gothic architecture”, how those styles came to Europe, how this history of cultural and intellectual exchange may have gotten lost, and what we miss when we code something as fully “European”, fully “Islamic”, or fully any kind of culture. Diana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. Among her better-known books are The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival and My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, where you can find its review of Stealing from the Saracens. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. In his day job, he’s a researcher and writer for a think tank in economic and sustainable development. He is also a print and broadcast commentator on local and regional politics. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visitors around the world have travelled to Europe to see the tall spires and stained glass windows of the continent’s Gothic cathedrals: in Cologne, Chartres, Milan, Florence, York and Paris. The trappings of Gothic architecture have become shorthand for “medieval Europe”. Yet in Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe (Hurst: 2020), Diana Darke investigates the Islamic origins of Gothic architecture, tracing its history through pre-Islamic Syria through the Islamic empires to the tall European cathedrals between the 12th and 17th centuries. The book sold out on its first day of sale, in part due to its review in The Guardian, which called the book "an exhilarating, meticulously researched book that sheds light on centuries of borrowing." In this interivew, Diana Darke and I talk about the origins of what we consider to be “Gothic architecture”, how those styles came to Europe, how this history of cultural and intellectual exchange may have gotten lost, and what we miss when we code something as fully “European”, fully “Islamic”, or fully any kind of culture. Diana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. Among her better-known books are The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival and My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, where you can find its review of Stealing from the Saracens. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. In his day job, he’s a researcher and writer for a think tank in economic and sustainable development. He is also a print and broadcast commentator on local and regional politics. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visitors around the world have travelled to Europe to see the tall spires and stained glass windows of the continent’s Gothic cathedrals: in Cologne, Chartres, Milan, Florence, York and Paris. The trappings of Gothic architecture have become shorthand for “medieval Europe”. Yet in Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe (Hurst: 2020), Diana Darke investigates the Islamic origins of Gothic architecture, tracing its history through pre-Islamic Syria through the Islamic empires to the tall European cathedrals between the 12th and 17th centuries. The book sold out on its first day of sale, in part due to its review in The Guardian, which called the book "an exhilarating, meticulously researched book that sheds light on centuries of borrowing." In this interivew, Diana Darke and I talk about the origins of what we consider to be “Gothic architecture”, how those styles came to Europe, how this history of cultural and intellectual exchange may have gotten lost, and what we miss when we code something as fully “European”, fully “Islamic”, or fully any kind of culture. Diana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. Among her better-known books are The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival and My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, where you can find its review of Stealing from the Saracens. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. In his day job, he’s a researcher and writer for a think tank in economic and sustainable development. He is also a print and broadcast commentator on local and regional politics. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visitors around the world have travelled to Europe to see the tall spires and stained glass windows of the continent’s Gothic cathedrals: in Cologne, Chartres, Milan, Florence, York and Paris. The trappings of Gothic architecture have become shorthand for “medieval Europe”. Yet in Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe (Hurst: 2020), Diana Darke investigates the Islamic origins of Gothic architecture, tracing its history through pre-Islamic Syria through the Islamic empires to the tall European cathedrals between the 12th and 17th centuries. The book sold out on its first day of sale, in part due to its review in The Guardian, which called the book "an exhilarating, meticulously researched book that sheds light on centuries of borrowing." In this interivew, Diana Darke and I talk about the origins of what we consider to be “Gothic architecture”, how those styles came to Europe, how this history of cultural and intellectual exchange may have gotten lost, and what we miss when we code something as fully “European”, fully “Islamic”, or fully any kind of culture. Diana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. Among her better-known books are The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival and My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, where you can find its review of Stealing from the Saracens. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. In his day job, he’s a researcher and writer for a think tank in economic and sustainable development. He is also a print and broadcast commentator on local and regional politics. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visitors around the world have travelled to Europe to see the tall spires and stained glass windows of the continent’s Gothic cathedrals: in Cologne, Chartres, Milan, Florence, York and Paris. The trappings of Gothic architecture have become shorthand for “medieval Europe”. Yet in Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe (Hurst: 2020), Diana Darke investigates the Islamic origins of Gothic architecture, tracing its history through pre-Islamic Syria through the Islamic empires to the tall European cathedrals between the 12th and 17th centuries. The book sold out on its first day of sale, in part due to its review in The Guardian, which called the book "an exhilarating, meticulously researched book that sheds light on centuries of borrowing." In this interivew, Diana Darke and I talk about the origins of what we consider to be “Gothic architecture”, how those styles came to Europe, how this history of cultural and intellectual exchange may have gotten lost, and what we miss when we code something as fully “European”, fully “Islamic”, or fully any kind of culture. Diana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. Among her better-known books are The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival and My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, where you can find its review of Stealing from the Saracens. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. In his day job, he’s a researcher and writer for a think tank in economic and sustainable development. He is also a print and broadcast commentator on local and regional politics. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visitors around the world have travelled to Europe to see the tall spires and stained glass windows of the continent’s Gothic cathedrals: in Cologne, Chartres, Milan, Florence, York and Paris. The trappings of Gothic architecture have become shorthand for “medieval Europe”. Yet in Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe (Hurst: 2020), Diana Darke investigates the Islamic origins of Gothic architecture, tracing its history through pre-Islamic Syria through the Islamic empires to the tall European cathedrals between the 12th and 17th centuries. The book sold out on its first day of sale, in part due to its review in The Guardian, which called the book "an exhilarating, meticulously researched book that sheds light on centuries of borrowing." In this interivew, Diana Darke and I talk about the origins of what we consider to be “Gothic architecture”, how those styles came to Europe, how this history of cultural and intellectual exchange may have gotten lost, and what we miss when we code something as fully “European”, fully “Islamic”, or fully any kind of culture. Diana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. Among her better-known books are The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival and My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, where you can find its review of Stealing from the Saracens. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. In his day job, he’s a researcher and writer for a think tank in economic and sustainable development. He is also a print and broadcast commentator on local and regional politics. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Von Geschichtsablehnung, kantischem Rassismus und dem „Streben nach Reinheit“ – in der neuen Folge des wbg-Podcasts diskutieren Arabist, Islamwissenschaftler und Sachbuch-Preisträger Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauer und die Philosophin Dr. Rebekka Reinhard die Frage, warum es kein islamisches Mittelalter gab. Was sagen Sie dazu? Steigen Sie in die Diskussion mit ein! Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch mit Ihnen auf unserer wbg Community Plattform: https://wbg-community.de/was-sagen-sie-dazu

Rund um das Thema Corona gibt es verschiedenste Mythen und Verschwörungstheorien. Teils sind diese leicht zu widerlegen, andere halten sich hingegen seit Wochen beständig. Martin Zabel, Islamwissenschaftler und Arabist, beschäftigt sich seit Jahren mit Verschwörungen besonders im islamistischen sowie rechten Spektrum. Im Podcast erzählt er, welche Corona-Verschwörungen es über und unter Muslim*innen gibt und wie man sich generell wappnet, um solchen nicht auf den Leim zu gehen. Hinweis: Auch unser Podcast wurde während der Corona-Pandemie und deshalb nicht in einem Studio mit professionelle Technik aufgenommen. Entschuldigt deshalb, dass die Tonqualität etwas darunter gelitten hat.

Felix (12) heeft autisme en maakt radio in zijn hoofd, Simone De Beauvoir is een icoon van het feminisme. Antwerpenaren die er niet wonen, noemen de linkeroever van de Schelde de verkeerde kant, maar de mensen zijn er gelukkig. Crucesignati, zo werden ze genoemd. ‘Degenen met de teken van het kruis’. Dan Jones schreef er een boek over. Chams Eddine Zaougui heeft het boek als Arabist gelezen.

rozmowa z arabistą Tomaszem Pietrzakiem

The history of medicine has long fascinated me. In the ancient Mediterranean, the lines between food and medicine were often blurred. Hippocrates, the “father of medicine,” is famously quoted as stating, “Let thy food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” Interestingly, there are no actual records of this statement – but it clearly falls in line with the philosophy of medicine that emerged over a span of three hundred years when the Hippocratic Corpus, or series of manuscripts, were written. In this episode, I meet with Dr. Alain Touwaide – a leading scholar in the history of science and medicine in the ancient world – to find out more about how certain plants were integrated into medicine in the past. We cover 3,000 of fascinating history in this episode – so get ready to explore the foods and medicines that spanned the rise and fall of empires with us! About Alain Touwaide A Classicist, a Byzantinist, and an Arabist, Alain Touwaide specializes in the History of Medicinal Plants and their knowledge in the ancient Mediterranean World. He has had an unconventional transdisciplinary career spent in Medical Schools, Colleges of Pharmacy, and Faculties of Sciences. After 15 years at the Natural History Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC (USA), he is now affiliated with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) (USA), where he is the Program Director of the Medical Humanities and Ethnobotany Initiative. He has taught and lectured all over the world and has authored numerous publications with a particular interest in the making of plant and botanico-medicall knowledge and its transmission across the Mediterranean World from Antiquity to the Renaissance and later. Website: https://medicaltraditions.org/institute/people/directors About the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions The Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions is a research and education centre at the interface of science, medicine, and the humanities, which addresses a fundamental challenge of the 21st-century world: the need for new medicines and new strategies for the discovery of such medicines. Researchers in the Institute explore ancient books in libraries across the globe, bring to light and investigate their texts, and create on this basis a new knowledge that will ultimately lead to new discoveries and procedures for the integration of traditional resources into contemporary medical research. Work at the Institute crosses the boundaries of traditionally defined disciplines and brings together multiple such disciplines in a unique synthesis. Website: https://medicaltraditions.org/ About Cassandra Quave Prof. Cassandra Quave is best known for her ground-breaking research on the science of botanicals. Scientists in her research lab work to uncover some of nature’s deepest secrets as they search for new ways to fight life-threatening diseases, including antibiotic resistant infections. Working with a global network of scientists and healers, Cassandra and her team travel the world hunting for new plant ingredients, interviewing healers, and bringing plants back to the lab to study. Besides research, Cassandra is an award-winning teacher, and has developed and taught the college classes “Food, Health and Society” and “Botanical Medicine and Health” at Emory University. @QuaveEthnobot on Twitter @QuaveEthnobot on Instagram @QuaveMedicineWoman and “Foodie Pharmacology with Cassandra Quave” on Facebook

Ambassador Wilks CMG (HM British Ambassador to Iraq), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. Jon Wilks has just finished a two year posting as UK Ambassador to Iraq, his third posting to Iraq since he reopened the Embassy in Baghdad in 2003. He has served 30 years in the UK diplomatic service with a Middle East focus, including Ambassadorial postings to Yemen (10-11) and Oman (14-17). He was also UK Syria Envoy 2012-2014. He is a fluent Arabist and was the first UK Arabic Spokesperson based in the region 2007-2009. He will be taking up a new Ambassadorial appointment in the region next year. His deep interest in Middle East Politics and International Relations led him to take a sabbatical to complete an MA in Middle East Politics at Durham University (99/00) and an MPhil in International Relations at St Antony’s (00/02). He is a previous speaker at the Middle East Centre having shared his reflections with us on his posting to Yemen in 2011 and his Syria responsibilities in 2014.

Originally recorded 21 August 2019 via Zencastr. Produced by Talha Ahsan. 00.00 Introduction and biography 01.45 Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms project at the university of Manchester 02.25 A description of the Hippocratic Aphorisms 03.30 A survey of Arabic commentaries 04.20 Why look at paediatrics? 05.25 On the five aphorisms of paediatrics 06.55 Commentators disputing classifications within paediatrics 07.55 On the importance of Galen to the Arabic commentators Dr Kamran Karimullah 09.23 On how Galen can elucidate Hippocratic paediatrics 11.10 On translators as trained philologists as well as medics 12.39 Arabic commentators disputing Galen 14.45 Arabic commentators rejecting Galen 16.06 Gendered division of theoretical and practical medicine? 18.50 Resemblance to scriptural commentaries? 20.04 Arabic commentaries as historical sources of lost Greek commentaries 21.30 On learning Greek, Hebrew and Syriac as an Arabist https://brill.com/view/title/1456?lang=en https://www.amazon.com/Robinsons-Paradigms-Exercises-Syriac-Grammar/dp/0199261296 https://www.cambridge.org/nl/academic/subjects/classical-studies/classical-languages/reading-greek-grammar-and-exercises-2nd-edition?format=PB&isbn=9780521698528 https://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Biblical-Hebrew-Subsidia-Biblica/dp/8876536299 23.13 Introductory texts to medieval Islamic sciences Medieval Islamic MedicinePeter E. Pormann + Emilie Savage-Smith (Edinburgh University Press 2007) Islamic Science and the Making of the European RenaissanceGeorge Salibas (MIT Press 2007) 24.25 On studying a PhD for a topic not of your choosing 29.00 Forthcoming projects and on going from Manchester to New York Mighty Have Fallen by Ruth Dinosaur (c) Dr. Emily Selove (2019) You can follow Dr. van Dalen on Twitter @elainevdalen  

Stephan Procházka war bereits als Kind mit Sprache und Identität konfrontiert. Zum Arabischen und...

Stephan Procházka war bereits als Kind mit Sprache und Identität konfrontiert. Zum Arabischen und...

This programme  from the archive features a conversation I had back in 2010 with Robert Irwin about the extraordinary world of the camel. Robert is a true polymath: Arabist, historian,… Read More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Stansfield has spent many years studying Arabic and the cultures of the Middle East. Together with his partner and wife of 42 years, Denise Boiteau, he has produced documentaries for television and written several books. He's a sophisticated, kind, and fascinating man.

„Ma tahan soovida otsustuskindlust, vähem kõhklusi ja seda siis tervele [Eesti] riigile. Mitte ainult, et meie inimesed siin võtavad riske, proovivad, katsetavad ja võibolla kukuvad läbi. Tegelikult ka riigina seda sama asja olla valmis tegema, ilma et peaks üleliia tundma muret.“ Kahekümne kaheksandas episoodis on meie saatekülaliseks arabist Peeter Raudsik, kes on teinud reportaaže nii ERRile kui Postimehele; ta on andnud araabia keele ja kultuuri kursuseid Tartu Ülikoolis ning tõlkinud eesti keelde araabiakeelseid luuletusi. Ta on sündmusi kohapeal vaadelnud nii süürlaste põgenike laagrites kui ka Tahriri väljakul araabia kevade päevil. Võib öelda, et tema fookuses ongi araabia kevade järgne periood ning sealsetes ühiskondades aset leidnud sotsiaalsed, poliitilised ja majanduslikud muutused. Lihulast pärit Peeter omandas magistrikraadi rahvusvaheliste suhete alal Katari Doha instituudis, mille käigus uuris Iraagi, Kurdistani ning Euroopa Liidu vahelist suhtlust. Oma mõttekäike on ta kirjeldanud mitmetes artiklites nii Diplomaatias kui Sirbis. Selles saates väljendab Peeter Raudsik oma isiklikke seisukohti. Et Lähis-Ida on keeruline piirkond, on vähe öeldud. Kuid sellegipoolest kiputakse sageli rääkima araabia maadest üheülbaliselt. Et seda vastuolulise ning kireva ajalooga lugu mõista, sellest täna räägimegi. Millisteks eri piirkondadeks saab araabia maad jagada? Kuidas vaatavad erinevad araabia piirkonnad Euroopa Liitu täna? Kuidas on tehnoloogia areng aidanud või pidurdanud araabia maade arengut? Mida peaks Lääs tegema selleks, et aidata araabia maid? Kas Lääs saab aidata? Millist kolme raamatut peaksid eestlased lugema, et araabia maid paremini mõista? Lisaks pakub Peeter kiirülevaate iga araabia riigi tulevikuperspektiivi kohta käesoleva sajandi ulatuses. Saade on salvestatud 15.septembril 2017. aastal üle Skype silla Tallinna ning Palo Alto vahel. Head kuulamist!

“İman etmedikleri sürece Allah’a ortak koşan kadınlarla evlenmeyin. Allah’a ortak koşan kadın hoşunuza gitse de, mü’min bir cariye Allah’a ortak koşan bir kadından daha hayırlıdır. İman etmedikleri sürece Allah’a ortak koşan erkeklerle, kadınlarınızı evlendirmeyin. Allah’a ortak koşan hür erkek hoşunuza gitse de; iman eden bir köle, Allah’a ortak koşan bir erkekten daha hayırlıdır. Onlar ateşe çağırırlar, Allah ise izniyle, cennete ve bağışlanmaya çağırır. O, insanlara âyetlerini açıklar ki, öğüt alıp düşünsünler.” (Bakara 211) 23. Mektup Bu mektûb, Hân-ı Hânân ismi ile meşhûr Abdürrahîme “rahmetullahi teâlâ aleyh” arabî olarak yazılmış olup, dîni, câhillerden öğrenmeği men’ etmekde ve soy adı seçmekden bahs etmekdedir: Allahü teâlâ hepimizi lâfdan kurtarıp, iş yapmak nasîb buyursun. İnsanların en iyisi ve hepsinin Peygamberinin “sallallahü aleyhi ve sellem” hâtırı için, amelsiz ilmden, işe yaramıyan bilgilerden korusun! Arabî mısra’ tercemesi: Bir kimse ki, bu düâya âmîn diye, Hak teâlâ, o kula rahmet eyleye! Ey, yüksek yaratılışlı kardeşim! Allahü teâlâ, sizin yaratılışınızda bulunan kemâlâtın meydâna çıkmasını ihsân eylesin! Bu dünyâ âhıretin tarlasıdır. Burada tohum ekmeyip, yaratılışda bulunan, toprak gibi yetişdirici kuvvetini işletmeyenlere, bundan fâidelenmeyenlere ve amel, ibâdet tohumlarını elden kaçıranlara yazıklar olsun! Toprak gibi yetişdirici kuvveti işletmemek, oraya birşey ekmemekle veyâ zararlı, zehrli tohum ekmekle olur. Bu ikincisinin zararı, bozukluğu, birincisinden kat kat dahâ çokdur. Zehrli bozuk tohum ekmek, dîni, din derslerini, dinden haberi olmayanlardan öğrenmek ve din düşmanlarının kitâblarından [mecmû’alarından] okumakdır. Çünki, din câhilleri, nefsine uyar, keyfi peşinde koşar. Dîni, işine geldiği gibi söyler. Karşısındakinin de nefsini azdırır ve kalbini karartır. Çünki, din câhilleri, din dersi verirken [din kitâbı yazarken], islâmiyyete uygun olmıyanı uygun olandan ayıramaz. Gençlere neleri ve nasıl anlatmak lâzım geldiğini bilemez. Kendi gibi, talebesini de câhil yetişdirir. Birçok şeyler okuyup ezberlemekle, [başka ilm kollarında söz sâhibi olmakla, fen ve san’at şu’belerinde ihtisâs kazanmakla] insan din adamı olamaz, [din kitâbı yazamaz] ve din bilgisi veremez. Bir din âlimi, gençlere din öğreteceği zemân, bunlara önce, dinsizler, islâm düşmanları [ve câhil din adamları] tarafından şırınga edilen, yanlış propagandaları, iftirâları anlayıp, anlatıp, onların temiz ve körpe kafalarını bu zehrlerden temizler. Zehrlenen rûhlarını tedâvî eder. Sonra, yaşlarına, anlayışlarına göre, islâmiyyeti ve meziyyetlerini, fâidelerini, emrlerindeki ve men’lerindeki hikmetleri, incelikleri ve insanlığı se’âdete ulaşdırdığını, onlara yerleşdirir. Böylece gençlerin rûh bağçelerinde derdlere devâ, rûhlara gıdâ olan nefis çiçekler yetişir. Böyle bir din âlimini ele geçirmek, en büyük kazancdır. Onun bakışları, rûhlara işler. Sözleri, kalblere te’sîr eder. Dîn-i islâmı, hâzır lokum gibi yutmak, susuz kalmış iken, soğuk şerbet içip ciğerlerine kadar serinliyebilmek, ancak böyle bir Allah adamının sunması ile mümkindir. Allahü teâlâ, hepimizi Muhammed aleyhissalâtü vesselâmın doğru yolundan ayırmasın! Âmîn. Çünki, insanları dünyâ ve âhıret râhatına kavuşduran, ancak bu yoldur. Şu fârisî beyt ne güzel söylenmişdir. Beytin tercemesi: Arabistândan doğan, Muhammed “aleyhisselâm”, İki cihânda, üstün Odur, hemân! Kara toprak altında kalsın, her an, Onun kapısında, toprak olmıyan! Peygamberlerin “alâ nebiyyinâ ve aleyhimüssalevâtü vetteslîmât” en yükseğine, en üstününe bizden selâmlar olsun! Ne kadar şaşılacak şeydir ki, kıymetli teveccühünüze kavuşmakla şereflenen şâ’irlerden birinin, bir kâfir ismini soyadı aldığını işitdim. Hem de, kendisi seyyidlerden, sevmemiz lâzım gelen büyüklerden biridir.

BBC World Questions comes to Amsterdam as the in the aftermath of a fiercely fought election. Immigration, national identity and the role of the EU continue to divide Dutch society. The ruling party held back a surge of support for what they called the “wrong kind of populism” and a wave of small parties did well in the election, but immigration and assimilation are still matters of great debate. Jonny Dymond and a panel of leading politicians and thinkers debate questions raised by a politically engaged audience. The panel includes: Han Ten Broeke, Member of Parliament, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and spokesman on Foreign Affairs, Annabel Nanninga, journalist and commentator, Sylvana Simons, television presenter and founder of political party Artikel 1 and Petra Stienen, author, Arabist and Senator for Democrats 66 (D66). BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council. (Photo: The 'Womens march for a united Netherlands' demonstration in Amsterdam. Credit: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)

Emma Sky was an Arabist, working at the British Council in 2003 when the United Kingdom joined the US led invasion and occupation of Iraq.  Though she strongly opposed the war, she opted to join the coalition provisional authority, which administered Iraq after the fall of Saddam. Here's why   She served as the top coalition official in the-oil rich and ethnically diverse province of Kirkuk, and later returned to Iraq as the top civilian advisor to advisor to general Ray Odierno as they managed what's now known as the Sunni Awakening. She tells stories from those experiences in the episode you are about to hear. She also has them down in her new memoir called The Unraveling.   Sky had an unusual upringin. She was raised by a single mom who worked at an all boys school. So young emma sky's formative years very much included being the only girl in the room, and she discusses how that experience affected her later on in life.   We kick off with a discussion about the current state of affairs in Iraq and Syria, before pivoting to a longer discussion about her life and career, which includes a long stint in Israel at the height of the peace process in the 1990s and its unraveling.

In Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam: The Originall and Progress of Mahometanism (Columbia University Press, 2014), Nabil Matar masterfully edits an important piece of scholarship from seventeenth-century England by scholar and physician, Henry Stubbe (1632-76). Matar also gives a substantial introduction to his annotated edition of Stubbe's text by situating the author in his historical context. Unlike other early modern writers on Islam, Stubbe's ostensible goals were not to cast Islam in a negative light. On the contrary, he sought to challenge popular conceptions that understood Islam in negative terms, and although there is no evidence that Stubbe entertained conversion, he admits many admirable characteristics of Islam, ranging from Muhammad's character to the unity of God. The English polymath was well versed in theological debates of his time and therefore equipped all the more to write the Originall, given the benefit of his comparative framework, which in part explains why the first portion of his text devotes itself to the history of early Christianity. Strikingly, however, it seems that Stubbe never learned Arabic, even though he studied religion with a leading Arabist of his time, Edward Pococke. Indeed, one novelty of Stubbe's work was precisely his re-evaluation of Latin translations (of primary texts) that were already in circulation. Stubbe's contributions to scholarship also speak to the history of Orientalism–a word that did not yet exist at Stubbe's time–or how scholars in the “West” more broadly have approached Islam. Stubbe's Originall offers insights into present-day Western discourses that still struggle–at times with egregious incompetence–to make sense of Islam and Muslims. In this regard, Matar's detailed scholarly account of Henry Stubbe and his carefully edited version of the Originall remains as timely as ever. Undoubtedly, this meticulously researched book will interest an array of scholars, including those from disciplines of English literature, History, and Religious Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam: The Originall and Progress of Mahometanism (Columbia University Press, 2014), Nabil Matar masterfully edits an important piece of scholarship from seventeenth-century England by scholar and physician, Henry Stubbe (1632-76). Matar also gives a substantial introduction to his annotated edition of Stubbe's text by situating the author in his historical context. Unlike other early modern writers on Islam, Stubbe's ostensible goals were not to cast Islam in a negative light. On the contrary, he sought to challenge popular conceptions that understood Islam in negative terms, and although there is no evidence that Stubbe entertained conversion, he admits many admirable characteristics of Islam, ranging from Muhammad's character to the unity of God. The English polymath was well versed in theological debates of his time and therefore equipped all the more to write the Originall, given the benefit of his comparative framework, which in part explains why the first portion of his text devotes itself to the history of early Christianity. Strikingly, however, it seems that Stubbe never learned Arabic, even though he studied religion with a leading Arabist of his time, Edward Pococke. Indeed, one novelty of Stubbe's work was precisely his re-evaluation of Latin translations (of primary texts) that were already in circulation. Stubbe's contributions to scholarship also speak to the history of Orientalism–a word that did not yet exist at Stubbe's time–or how scholars in the “West” more broadly have approached Islam. Stubbe's Originall offers insights into present-day Western discourses that still struggle–at times with egregious incompetence–to make sense of Islam and Muslims. In this regard, Matar's detailed scholarly account of Henry Stubbe and his carefully edited version of the Originall remains as timely as ever. Undoubtedly, this meticulously researched book will interest an array of scholars, including those from disciplines of English literature, History, and Religious Studies.

In Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam: The Originall and Progress of Mahometanism (Columbia University Press, 2014), Nabil Matar masterfully edits an important piece of scholarship from seventeenth-century England by scholar and physician, Henry Stubbe (1632-76). Matar also gives a substantial introduction to his annotated edition of Stubbe’s text by situating the author in his historical context. Unlike other early modern writers on Islam, Stubbe’s ostensible goals were not to cast Islam in a negative light. On the contrary, he sought to challenge popular conceptions that understood Islam in negative terms, and although there is no evidence that Stubbe entertained conversion, he admits many admirable characteristics of Islam, ranging from Muhammad’s character to the unity of God. The English polymath was well versed in theological debates of his time and therefore equipped all the more to write the Originall, given the benefit of his comparative framework, which in part explains why the first portion of his text devotes itself to the history of early Christianity. Strikingly, however, it seems that Stubbe never learned Arabic, even though he studied religion with a leading Arabist of his time, Edward Pococke. Indeed, one novelty of Stubbe’s work was precisely his re-evaluation of Latin translations (of primary texts) that were already in circulation. Stubbe’s contributions to scholarship also speak to the history of Orientalism–a word that did not yet exist at Stubbe’s time–or how scholars in the “West” more broadly have approached Islam. Stubbe’s Originall offers insights into present-day Western discourses that still struggle–at times with egregious incompetence–to make sense of Islam and Muslims. In this regard, Matar’s detailed scholarly account of Henry Stubbe and his carefully edited version of the Originall remains as timely as ever. Undoubtedly, this meticulously researched book will interest an array of scholars, including those from disciplines of English literature, History, and Religious Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam: The Originall and Progress of Mahometanism (Columbia University Press, 2014), Nabil Matar masterfully edits an important piece of scholarship from seventeenth-century England by scholar and physician, Henry Stubbe (1632-76). Matar also gives a substantial introduction to his annotated edition of Stubbe’s text by situating the author in his historical context. Unlike other early modern writers on Islam, Stubbe’s ostensible goals were not to cast Islam in a negative light. On the contrary, he sought to challenge popular conceptions that understood Islam in negative terms, and although there is no evidence that Stubbe entertained conversion, he admits many admirable characteristics of Islam, ranging from Muhammad’s character to the unity of God. The English polymath was well versed in theological debates of his time and therefore equipped all the more to write the Originall, given the benefit of his comparative framework, which in part explains why the first portion of his text devotes itself to the history of early Christianity. Strikingly, however, it seems that Stubbe never learned Arabic, even though he studied religion with a leading Arabist of his time, Edward Pococke. Indeed, one novelty of Stubbe’s work was precisely his re-evaluation of Latin translations (of primary texts) that were already in circulation. Stubbe’s contributions to scholarship also speak to the history of Orientalism–a word that did not yet exist at Stubbe’s time–or how scholars in the “West” more broadly have approached Islam. Stubbe’s Originall offers insights into present-day Western discourses that still struggle–at times with egregious incompetence–to make sense of Islam and Muslims. In this regard, Matar’s detailed scholarly account of Henry Stubbe and his carefully edited version of the Originall remains as timely as ever. Undoubtedly, this meticulously researched book will interest an array of scholars, including those from disciplines of English literature, History, and Religious Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam: The Originall and Progress of Mahometanism (Columbia University Press, 2014), Nabil Matar masterfully edits an important piece of scholarship from seventeenth-century England by scholar and physician, Henry Stubbe (1632-76). Matar also gives a substantial introduction to his annotated edition of Stubbe’s text by situating the author in his historical context. Unlike other early modern writers on Islam, Stubbe’s ostensible goals were not to cast Islam in a negative light. On the contrary, he sought to challenge popular conceptions that understood Islam in negative terms, and although there is no evidence that Stubbe entertained conversion, he admits many admirable characteristics of Islam, ranging from Muhammad’s character to the unity of God. The English polymath was well versed in theological debates of his time and therefore equipped all the more to write the Originall, given the benefit of his comparative framework, which in part explains why the first portion of his text devotes itself to the history of early Christianity. Strikingly, however, it seems that Stubbe never learned Arabic, even though he studied religion with a leading Arabist of his time, Edward Pococke. Indeed, one novelty of Stubbe’s work was precisely his re-evaluation of Latin translations (of primary texts) that were already in circulation. Stubbe’s contributions to scholarship also speak to the history of Orientalism–a word that did not yet exist at Stubbe’s time–or how scholars in the “West” more broadly have approached Islam. Stubbe’s Originall offers insights into present-day Western discourses that still struggle–at times with egregious incompetence–to make sense of Islam and Muslims. In this regard, Matar’s detailed scholarly account of Henry Stubbe and his carefully edited version of the Originall remains as timely as ever. Undoubtedly, this meticulously researched book will interest an array of scholars, including those from disciplines of English literature, History, and Religious Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam: The Originall and Progress of Mahometanism (Columbia University Press, 2014), Nabil Matar masterfully edits an important piece of scholarship from seventeenth-century England by scholar and physician, Henry Stubbe (1632-76). Matar also gives a substantial introduction to his annotated edition of Stubbe’s text by situating the author in his historical context. Unlike other early modern writers on Islam, Stubbe’s ostensible goals were not to cast Islam in a negative light. On the contrary, he sought to challenge popular conceptions that understood Islam in negative terms, and although there is no evidence that Stubbe entertained conversion, he admits many admirable characteristics of Islam, ranging from Muhammad’s character to the unity of God. The English polymath was well versed in theological debates of his time and therefore equipped all the more to write the Originall, given the benefit of his comparative framework, which in part explains why the first portion of his text devotes itself to the history of early Christianity. Strikingly, however, it seems that Stubbe never learned Arabic, even though he studied religion with a leading Arabist of his time, Edward Pococke. Indeed, one novelty of Stubbe’s work was precisely his re-evaluation of Latin translations (of primary texts) that were already in circulation. Stubbe’s contributions to scholarship also speak to the history of Orientalism–a word that did not yet exist at Stubbe’s time–or how scholars in the “West” more broadly have approached Islam. Stubbe’s Originall offers insights into present-day Western discourses that still struggle–at times with egregious incompetence–to make sense of Islam and Muslims. In this regard, Matar’s detailed scholarly account of Henry Stubbe and his carefully edited version of the Originall remains as timely as ever. Undoubtedly, this meticulously researched book will interest an array of scholars, including those from disciplines of English literature, History, and Religious Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam: The Originall and Progress of Mahometanism (Columbia University Press, 2014), Nabil Matar masterfully edits an important piece of scholarship from seventeenth-century England by scholar and physician, Henry Stubbe (1632-76). Matar also gives a substantial introduction to his annotated edition of Stubbe’s text by situating the author in his historical context. Unlike other early modern writers on Islam, Stubbe’s ostensible goals were not to cast Islam in a negative light. On the contrary, he sought to challenge popular conceptions that understood Islam in negative terms, and although there is no evidence that Stubbe entertained conversion, he admits many admirable characteristics of Islam, ranging from Muhammad’s character to the unity of God. The English polymath was well versed in theological debates of his time and therefore equipped all the more to write the Originall, given the benefit of his comparative framework, which in part explains why the first portion of his text devotes itself to the history of early Christianity. Strikingly, however, it seems that Stubbe never learned Arabic, even though he studied religion with a leading Arabist of his time, Edward Pococke. Indeed, one novelty of Stubbe’s work was precisely his re-evaluation of Latin translations (of primary texts) that were already in circulation. Stubbe’s contributions to scholarship also speak to the history of Orientalism–a word that did not yet exist at Stubbe’s time–or how scholars in the “West” more broadly have approached Islam. Stubbe’s Originall offers insights into present-day Western discourses that still struggle–at times with egregious incompetence–to make sense of Islam and Muslims. In this regard, Matar’s detailed scholarly account of Henry Stubbe and his carefully edited version of the Originall remains as timely as ever. Undoubtedly, this meticulously researched book will interest an array of scholars, including those from disciplines of English literature, History, and Religious Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is with Anora McGaha.  She is the eldest daughter of a US diplomat & Arabist and a half Italian mother whose father was an Italian diplomat, and whose grandfather was an expat in Panama. When she learned she was a global nomad and read about it in 1992 at the age of 34 it was as profound a moment in her life as the ugly duckling's story of discovering she was actually a swan.  Be sure to check out www.tayorockson.com/blog/004 for the show notes Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.