The Ethiopian bookbinder connecting a city's people with its forgotten past
"For centuries, Harar was a center of Islamic scholarship, producing Qurans and legal texts, but after 1887, the city's culture faced severe repression and erosion."
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The kiswa of the Ka'ba is one of the most important religious and political symbols of Islamic history, recognized as legitimacy and control over pilgrimage administration.
Fatima Al-Fihri founded the University of Al-Qarawiyyin, the oldest university in the world, emphasizing philanthropy and education over personal wealth.
The Mailman Was a Spy: Espionage in the Medieval Islamic World - Medievalists.net
From the mail carrier who doubled as an informant to queens and singing-girls gathering secrets, the medieval Islamic world wove espionage into the fabric of power.