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May 2024
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Daniel Newman is the chair of Arabic Studies at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures in the University of Durham. His main areas of interest include Arab food history and Arabic geographical and travel literature. He is the founder of eatlikeasultan.com, a website dedicated to the history of Arab cooking in the Middle Ages. He is the author of "The Sultan’s Sex Potions: Arab Aphrodisiacs in the Middle Ages", "The Sultan’s Feast: A Fifteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook", and "The Exile’s Cookbook: Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus & North Africa". 

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The Exile’s Cookbook brings together 480 recipes, including roasts and stews, breads, condiments, preserves, sweetmeats, and even hand-washing soaps. It offers a fascinating insight into the cuisine of Muslim Spain and North Africa in al-Andalus – its regional characteristics and historical antecedents, but also its links to culinary traditions in other parts of the Muslim world.

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Theme music: Peninsular, Tarek Yamani 🔊 https://spoti.fi/47I59ns

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afikra | عفكرة is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region – past, present and future – through conversations driven by curiosity.
📍 Local events in 40+ locations worldwide http://afikra.com/chapters
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