Arabic
Reading the Maghreb in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Part 2: Networks of Readership
Books are one of the few material items from the past that can be with certainty connected with a particular owner.
3 August 2025
“Must Everyone be Seen as Equals?”: The Morisco Quest for Belonging
Racialised subjects could also enforce and uphold a racist system.
27 January 2025
Emigrating to God: A Morisco’s Extraordinary Journey in the Mediterranean and Beyond
Even though al-Ḥajarī left his birth home in pursuit of religious freedom, he saw the whole world as his home, so long as he could worship God.
27 February 2024
Jewel of a Medieval City: The Cathedral of Palermo and the Multicultural History of Sicily’s Capital
The history of Palermo’s religious centre highlights the ways in which religious and cultural interactions shaped the city of Palermo
1 January 2024
Staging Jerusalem: Westminster School and Sapientia Solomonis
In choosing Jerusalem as a setting and spending considerable sums of money on staging it, the school hoped to create a spectacular and multi-sensory experience
28 August 2023
Why John Donne Was Interested in Arabic
By the 1620s, Donne’s interest in ‘Eastern tongues’ extended to Arabic.
14 August 2023
Ḥayy ibn Yaqdhān and the Disappearing Qur’ān - Part 4 – The Three English Translations Compared
It may be inferred that attracting the readers’ attention to the Qur’ān is no longer needed or desirable.
3 July 2023