Min sijak? - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #ArabHistory #BritishImperialHistory #OttomanTurkishImperialHistory #TurkishHistory #TheGreatWar #GermanImperialHistory #HitAndRun #Insurgency #HistBookChat
March 16, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Min sijak? - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #ArabHistory #BritishImperialHistory #OttomanTurkishImperialHistory #TurkishHistory #TheGreatWar #GermanImperialHistory #HitAndRun #Insurgency #HistBookChat
If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'm looking for good (and relatively realistic) depictions of medieval Arab soldiers. Preferably photos or more contemporary illustrations.
#arabhistory #history #medievalhistory #middleeasthistory
#arabhistory #history #medievalhistory #middleeasthistory
February 4, 2026 at 11:39 PM
If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'm looking for good (and relatively realistic) depictions of medieval Arab soldiers. Preferably photos or more contemporary illustrations.
#arabhistory #history #medievalhistory #middleeasthistory
#arabhistory #history #medievalhistory #middleeasthistory
On the Lisbon coast reading about anti-fascism and the Spanish Civil War in the Arab world, with the fantastic "Moros contra Franco" by Marc Almodóvar and Andreu Rosés
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
August 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
On the Lisbon coast reading about anti-fascism and the Spanish Civil War in the Arab world, with the fantastic "Moros contra Franco" by Marc Almodóvar and Andreu Rosés
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
Saudi Arabia
Beautiful old Saudi Arabia 2 Qirsh coin from AH 1376 (1956/57) featuring Arabic calligraphy, the palm tree & crossed swords. A timeless collectible from the reign of King Saud. 🇸🇦🪙
#SaudiArabia #OldCoins #CoinCollecting #VintageCoins #Numismatics #ArabHistory #SaudiCoins #Collectibles
Beautiful old Saudi Arabia 2 Qirsh coin from AH 1376 (1956/57) featuring Arabic calligraphy, the palm tree & crossed swords. A timeless collectible from the reign of King Saud. 🇸🇦🪙
#SaudiArabia #OldCoins #CoinCollecting #VintageCoins #Numismatics #ArabHistory #SaudiCoins #Collectibles
May 28, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Saudi Arabia
Beautiful old Saudi Arabia 2 Qirsh coin from AH 1376 (1956/57) featuring Arabic calligraphy, the palm tree & crossed swords. A timeless collectible from the reign of King Saud. 🇸🇦🪙
#SaudiArabia #OldCoins #CoinCollecting #VintageCoins #Numismatics #ArabHistory #SaudiCoins #Collectibles
Beautiful old Saudi Arabia 2 Qirsh coin from AH 1376 (1956/57) featuring Arabic calligraphy, the palm tree & crossed swords. A timeless collectible from the reign of King Saud. 🇸🇦🪙
#SaudiArabia #OldCoins #CoinCollecting #VintageCoins #Numismatics #ArabHistory #SaudiCoins #Collectibles
By special invite thru the Getty Foundation & The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA artist Judd Angel was stirred by the opera 'Drama 1882'. By Wael Shawky
#juddangel #artist #moca #geffencontemporary #waelshawky #opera #arabculture #arabhistory #wonmi #warehouseprograms لك# #فنان #لك #getty
#juddangel #artist #moca #geffencontemporary #waelshawky #opera #arabculture #arabhistory #wonmi #warehouseprograms لك# #فنان #لك #getty
March 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
By special invite thru the Getty Foundation & The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA artist Judd Angel was stirred by the opera 'Drama 1882'. By Wael Shawky
#juddangel #artist #moca #geffencontemporary #waelshawky #opera #arabculture #arabhistory #wonmi #warehouseprograms لك# #فنان #لك #getty
#juddangel #artist #moca #geffencontemporary #waelshawky #opera #arabculture #arabhistory #wonmi #warehouseprograms لك# #فنان #لك #getty
Why does the West misunderstand the Middle East?
In this interview, best-selling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his new book about the history of the region.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiIv...
#History #MiddleEast #MiddleEastHistory #ArabHistory #HistoryPodcast
In this interview, best-selling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his new book about the history of the region.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiIv...
#History #MiddleEast #MiddleEastHistory #ArabHistory #HistoryPodcast
141: Why Western ideas crash and burn in the Middle East, with Simon Sebag Montefiore
YouTube video by Ask Haviv Anything
www.youtube.com
August 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Why does the West misunderstand the Middle East?
In this interview, best-selling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his new book about the history of the region.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiIv...
#History #MiddleEast #MiddleEastHistory #ArabHistory #HistoryPodcast
In this interview, best-selling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his new book about the history of the region.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiIv...
#History #MiddleEast #MiddleEastHistory #ArabHistory #HistoryPodcast
By special invite thru the Getty & The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA artist Judd Angel stirred by the opera 'Drama 1882' by Wael Shawky
#juddangel #artist #moca #geffencontemporary #waelshawky #opera #arabculture #arabhistory #wonmi #warehouseprograms لك# #فنان #لك #getty
youtube.com/shorts/oiJOd...
#juddangel #artist #moca #geffencontemporary #waelshawky #opera #arabculture #arabhistory #wonmi #warehouseprograms لك# #فنان #لك #getty
youtube.com/shorts/oiJOd...
Inspired by Wael Shawky opera 'Drama 1882' artist Judd Angel sketches during a special viewing
YouTube video by Judd Angel
youtube.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
By special invite thru the Getty & The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA artist Judd Angel stirred by the opera 'Drama 1882' by Wael Shawky
#juddangel #artist #moca #geffencontemporary #waelshawky #opera #arabculture #arabhistory #wonmi #warehouseprograms لك# #فنان #لك #getty
youtube.com/shorts/oiJOd...
#juddangel #artist #moca #geffencontemporary #waelshawky #opera #arabculture #arabhistory #wonmi #warehouseprograms لك# #فنان #لك #getty
youtube.com/shorts/oiJOd...
UAE
Beginning of UAE🪙
1 Dirham of 1973 comes from country's very first national coinage, just 2 years after federation. Featuring iconic Arabic dallah coffee pot a symbol of hospitality & Emirati heritage.
#UAE #Dirham #UAEHistory #Coins #CoinCollecting #Numismatics #VintageCoins #ArabHistory
Beginning of UAE🪙
1 Dirham of 1973 comes from country's very first national coinage, just 2 years after federation. Featuring iconic Arabic dallah coffee pot a symbol of hospitality & Emirati heritage.
#UAE #Dirham #UAEHistory #Coins #CoinCollecting #Numismatics #VintageCoins #ArabHistory
August 29, 2026 at 12:12 AM
UAE
Beginning of UAE🪙
1 Dirham of 1973 comes from country's very first national coinage, just 2 years after federation. Featuring iconic Arabic dallah coffee pot a symbol of hospitality & Emirati heritage.
#UAE #Dirham #UAEHistory #Coins #CoinCollecting #Numismatics #VintageCoins #ArabHistory
Beginning of UAE🪙
1 Dirham of 1973 comes from country's very first national coinage, just 2 years after federation. Featuring iconic Arabic dallah coffee pot a symbol of hospitality & Emirati heritage.
#UAE #Dirham #UAEHistory #Coins #CoinCollecting #Numismatics #VintageCoins #ArabHistory
The prevailing image of the moors as fair-skinned, Arab conquerors has dominated popular imagination. However, a growing body of research & evidence has shed new light on the racial identity of the moors, challenging long-held assumptions and
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#blackhistory #arabhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky
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#blackhistory #arabhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky
September 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The prevailing image of the moors as fair-skinned, Arab conquerors has dominated popular imagination. However, a growing body of research & evidence has shed new light on the racial identity of the moors, challenging long-held assumptions and
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#blackhistory #arabhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky
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#blackhistory #arabhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky
Did Fatima al-Fihri found the world’s oldest university?
The evidence does not give us a simple yes or no.
The Mosque Remembers is live now, with the full research paper attached.
#womeninhistory #arabhistory
open.substack.com/pub/authenti...
The evidence does not give us a simple yes or no.
The Mosque Remembers is live now, with the full research paper attached.
#womeninhistory #arabhistory
open.substack.com/pub/authenti...
The Mosque Remembers
Fatima al-Fihri, a fourteenth-century chronicle, and what eleven centuries can't erase.
open.substack.com
July 22, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Did Fatima al-Fihri found the world’s oldest university?
The evidence does not give us a simple yes or no.
The Mosque Remembers is live now, with the full research paper attached.
#womeninhistory #arabhistory
open.substack.com/pub/authenti...
The evidence does not give us a simple yes or no.
The Mosque Remembers is live now, with the full research paper attached.
#womeninhistory #arabhistory
open.substack.com/pub/authenti...
The Risqué Umayyad Art of Qusayr Amra!(modern day Jordan) In its Historic 8th cent. Context!
youtu.be/HEDlDiaE6DA
#qusayramra #Qusairamra #Qusayr_amra #art #islamic #middleeast #Umayyads #umayyad #Islamicate #arabhistory #history #Fresco
youtu.be/HEDlDiaE6DA
#qusayramra #Qusairamra #Qusayr_amra #art #islamic #middleeast #Umayyads #umayyad #Islamicate #arabhistory #history #Fresco
Dark Side History: The Risqué Umayyad Art of Qusayr Amra! In its 8th cent Context!
YouTube video by The Cultured Jinni (A History & Culture Channel)
youtu.be
April 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Risqué Umayyad Art of Qusayr Amra!(modern day Jordan) In its Historic 8th cent. Context!
youtu.be/HEDlDiaE6DA
#qusayramra #Qusairamra #Qusayr_amra #art #islamic #middleeast #Umayyads #umayyad #Islamicate #arabhistory #history #Fresco
youtu.be/HEDlDiaE6DA
#qusayramra #Qusairamra #Qusayr_amra #art #islamic #middleeast #Umayyads #umayyad #Islamicate #arabhistory #history #Fresco
I asked one innocent question about Fatima al-Fihri.
Forty-seven tabs later, I was reading medieval chronicles and arguing over a wandering cedar inscription.
Did she found the world’s oldest university?
The honest answer is: it’s complicated.
#arabhistory #history
substack.com/@ibgirlwrite...
Forty-seven tabs later, I was reading medieval chronicles and arguing over a wandering cedar inscription.
Did she found the world’s oldest university?
The honest answer is: it’s complicated.
#arabhistory #history
substack.com/@ibgirlwrite...
IB Girl (@ibgirlwrites)
I asked one innocent question about Fatima al-Fihri.
Forty-seven tabs later, I was reading medieval chronicles and arguing over a wandering cedar inscription.
Did she found the world’s oldest univer...
substack.com
July 23, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I asked one innocent question about Fatima al-Fihri.
Forty-seven tabs later, I was reading medieval chronicles and arguing over a wandering cedar inscription.
Did she found the world’s oldest university?
The honest answer is: it’s complicated.
#arabhistory #history
substack.com/@ibgirlwrite...
Forty-seven tabs later, I was reading medieval chronicles and arguing over a wandering cedar inscription.
Did she found the world’s oldest university?
The honest answer is: it’s complicated.
#arabhistory #history
substack.com/@ibgirlwrite...
Dark Side History: The Arab-Sassanid Islamicate Coin, with Zorosatrian symbols! youtu.be/uP2XkAswvd0?... via YouTube #ArabHistory #UmayyadCaliphate #UmayyadCoins #IslamicCoins #SasanianCoins #ArabSasanian #Numismatics #IslamicHistory #SasanianEmpire #EarlyIslamicHistory
Dark Side History: The Arab-Sassanid Islamicate Coin, with Zorosatrian symbols!
YouTube video by The Cultured Jinni (A History & Culture Channel)
youtu.be
August 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Dark Side History: The Arab-Sassanid Islamicate Coin, with Zorosatrian symbols! youtu.be/uP2XkAswvd0?... via YouTube #ArabHistory #UmayyadCaliphate #UmayyadCoins #IslamicCoins #SasanianCoins #ArabSasanian #Numismatics #IslamicHistory #SasanianEmpire #EarlyIslamicHistory
For centuries, her name has been attached to one of the most important institutions in the world.
But the closer you look, the harder she is to find.
Tuesday: The Woman the Walls Remembered.
#arabhistory #womeninhistory
open.substack.com/pub/authenti...
But the closer you look, the harder she is to find.
Tuesday: The Woman the Walls Remembered.
#arabhistory #womeninhistory
open.substack.com/pub/authenti...
The Woman the Walls Remembered
Fatima al-Fihri, al-Qarawiyyin, and the history we cannot quite prove.
open.substack.com
July 20, 2026 at 5:21 AM
For centuries, her name has been attached to one of the most important institutions in the world.
But the closer you look, the harder she is to find.
Tuesday: The Woman the Walls Remembered.
#arabhistory #womeninhistory
open.substack.com/pub/authenti...
But the closer you look, the harder she is to find.
Tuesday: The Woman the Walls Remembered.
#arabhistory #womeninhistory
open.substack.com/pub/authenti...
Why Arabs Keep Losing
https://commons.now/link/why-arabs-keep-losing
#Arabhistory #Arabworld #Islam #Middleeast
https://commons.now/link/why-arabs-keep-losing
#Arabhistory #Arabworld #Islam #Middleeast
Why Arabs Keep Losing
The Arab world is in disrepair. But history shows a vast region that, when it was united, brought great contributions to the world. And every one of these periods of greatness emerged from a time tha…
commons.now
June 23, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Why Arabs Keep Losing
https://commons.now/link/why-arabs-keep-losing
#Arabhistory #Arabworld #Islam #Middleeast
https://commons.now/link/why-arabs-keep-losing
#Arabhistory #Arabworld #Islam #Middleeast
Ya Ilahi - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #ArabHistory #IsraeliHistory #EgyptianHistory #SyrianHistory #JordanianHistory #LebaneseHistory #IraqiHistory #IsraeliWarOfIndependence
May 31, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Ya Ilahi - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #ArabHistory #IsraeliHistory #EgyptianHistory #SyrianHistory #JordanianHistory #LebaneseHistory #IraqiHistory #IsraeliWarOfIndependence
Vid about a historic attitude towards Blacksmiths & Metals in the Middle East.
youtu.be/nxLdKN8ICgE
#MiddleEasternHistory #AncientMetallurgy #BlacksmithingHistory #ArabHistory #HistoricalCraftsmanship #AncientTechnology #HistoryOfMetal #IslamicGoldenAge #TraditionalBlacksmith #LostKnowledge #Metals
youtu.be/nxLdKN8ICgE
#MiddleEasternHistory #AncientMetallurgy #BlacksmithingHistory #ArabHistory #HistoricalCraftsmanship #AncientTechnology #HistoryOfMetal #IslamicGoldenAge #TraditionalBlacksmith #LostKnowledge #Metals
youtu.be
June 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Vid about a historic attitude towards Blacksmiths & Metals in the Middle East.
youtu.be/nxLdKN8ICgE
#MiddleEasternHistory #AncientMetallurgy #BlacksmithingHistory #ArabHistory #HistoricalCraftsmanship #AncientTechnology #HistoryOfMetal #IslamicGoldenAge #TraditionalBlacksmith #LostKnowledge #Metals
youtu.be/nxLdKN8ICgE
#MiddleEasternHistory #AncientMetallurgy #BlacksmithingHistory #ArabHistory #HistoricalCraftsmanship #AncientTechnology #HistoryOfMetal #IslamicGoldenAge #TraditionalBlacksmith #LostKnowledge #Metals
Cannibalism in Al-Andalus? (8t century) (& Source Criticism) youtu.be/OaFdT9th8ZM #Andalus #alandalus #andalusianhistory #cannibalism #cannibals #cannibalstory #islamicspain #IslamicIberia #History #arabhistory #islamichistory #spanishhistory #IslamicSpain
Dark Side History: Cannibalism in Al-Andalus? (& Source Criticism)
YouTube video by The Cultured Jinni (A History & Culture Channel)
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Cannibalism in Al-Andalus? (8t century) (& Source Criticism) youtu.be/OaFdT9th8ZM #Andalus #alandalus #andalusianhistory #cannibalism #cannibals #cannibalstory #islamicspain #IslamicIberia #History #arabhistory #islamichistory #spanishhistory #IslamicSpain
📜 Sahar Amer, Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 📜 Ali ibn Nasr al-Katib, Jawami al-Ladhda (Encyclopedia of Pleasure), 10th century CE. #SRQA #SapphicHistory #LesbianHistory #ArabHistory
April 21, 2026 at 12:44 PM
📜 Sahar Amer, Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 📜 Ali ibn Nasr al-Katib, Jawami al-Ladhda (Encyclopedia of Pleasure), 10th century CE. #SRQA #SapphicHistory #LesbianHistory #ArabHistory
The Viking Armada That Invaded the Caspian : youtu.be/5bpZCs980k4
#Vikings #IslamicEmpire #MedievalHistory #VikingAge #AbbasidCaliphate #NorseHistory #Seville844 #BjornIronside #NormanConquest #ArabHistory #MediterraneanHistory #UnleashFacts #HistoryDocumentary #ForgottenHistory #VikingRaids
#Vikings #IslamicEmpire #MedievalHistory #VikingAge #AbbasidCaliphate #NorseHistory #Seville844 #BjornIronside #NormanConquest #ArabHistory #MediterraneanHistory #UnleashFacts #HistoryDocumentary #ForgottenHistory #VikingRaids
The Viking Armada That Invaded the Caspian | Documentary
YouTube video by Unleash Facts | History
youtu.be
March 26, 2026 at 11:49 PM
The Viking Armada That Invaded the Caspian : youtu.be/5bpZCs980k4
#Vikings #IslamicEmpire #MedievalHistory #VikingAge #AbbasidCaliphate #NorseHistory #Seville844 #BjornIronside #NormanConquest #ArabHistory #MediterraneanHistory #UnleashFacts #HistoryDocumentary #ForgottenHistory #VikingRaids
#Vikings #IslamicEmpire #MedievalHistory #VikingAge #AbbasidCaliphate #NorseHistory #Seville844 #BjornIronside #NormanConquest #ArabHistory #MediterraneanHistory #UnleashFacts #HistoryDocumentary #ForgottenHistory #VikingRaids