Episode 80: The General Epistles

An orphan and caravan trade agent, Muhammad (570-632) lived a fairly ordinary life up until the age of 40. Then, everything changed. New Songs Page: https://literatureandhistory.com/songs/ Episode 114 Quiz: https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-114/ Episode 114 Transcription: htt ... Show More

Antarah ibn Shaddad, a killer, a lover, and an epic hero, was also one of early Arabic literature's most famous poets. Parker's Song: https://youtu.be/bTVWrxfb5wk Episode 113 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-113/ Episode 113 Transcription: https://literatureandhistory.c ... Show More

Prior to the dawn of Islam, the Arabian Peninsula had a great poetic tradition, with many genres, and many poets who are still celebrated and studied today. Episode 112 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-112/ Episode 112 Transcription: https://literatureandhistory.com/epi ... Show More

What can a poem do in the face of calamity? This was an extraordinary conversation. Huda Fakhreddine joins the podcast to discuss "Pull Yourself Together," a poem that Huda has translated into English and that was written by the Palestinian poet, novelist, and educator Hiba Abu N ... Show More

On this video recorded episode of Kalam, Edgar sits with the Gazan poet and very much a friend of the podcast, Mosab Abu Toha, for a discussion about, among other things, the history of Arabic poetry. Why are poets so venerated in the Arab world, and what did poetry sound like be ... Show More

This classical Arabic poem isn’t just eloquent — it’s dangerous. Laamiyah al-Arab is the voice of Shanfara, a man betrayed by blood, raised by the one who killed his father, and driven to the wild. He swore vengeance. He lived with wolves. He wrote verses that shook Arabic litera ... Show More

Ustadh covers the fifth Juz' of the Qur'an. To catch up on previous sessions or watch the entire series, please click here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOBYkqSWcfhzetBvPKOUFkf4&si=0S29Vl6RzCd3kBY5  Sign up now to AMAU Academy: https://www.amauacademy.com/ AMAU Aca ... Show More

Ustadh finishes the Tafseer of the fourteenth Juz' of the Qur'an. To catch up on previous sessions or watch the entire series, please click here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOBYkqSWcfhzetBvPKOUFkf4&si=0S29Vl6RzCd3kBY5  Sign up now to AMAU Academy: https://www.ama ... Show More

  À la découverte du Plus Beau des récits…  Nous voici sur le 1er épisode d'une saison de podcast entièrement dédiée à la découverte du plus Beau Récit offert par notre doux Créateur, celui de la sourate Yusuf, la 12ème de ton Coran 💚 « Quand Yusuf dit à son père : « Ô mon père, ... Show More

"My strange friend. About you is the infamous prison camp of Wada Yoshimori, one of the most powerful military commanders ever known." Behind the Scenes video for this episode here! In this special guest episode of The Amelia Project, written by Julia Morizawa and Tristram Lowe, ... Show More

This episode, the final one of this season, features the work of Palestinian poet Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, author-in-residence at Refugee Hosts. Qasmiyeh is currently a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford, where he is writing about conceptualisations of time and containment in ... Show More

Ustadh begins the Tafseer of the fifteenth Juz' of the Qur'an. To catch up on previous sessions or watch the entire series, please click here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOBYkqSWcfhzetBvPKOUFkf4&si=0S29Vl6RzCd3kBY5  Sign up now to AMAU Academy: https://www.amauac ... Show More

Quran series episode 2 of Mansour al salimni