Omaima Al-Khamis
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A Crusade-era bookseller embarks on a journey through the Islamic worlds great medieval cities, discovering a dangerous new world of ideas and experiencing the cultural diversity of the Islamic Golden Age. Omaima Al-Khamiss vivid descriptions trace a route through ancient cities and cultures, uncovering the intellectual debates and struggles that continue to rage today.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 560 pages
Publication date: 09 March 2021
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
A captivating tale of a Crusade-era bookseller's journey through the Islamic world's great medieval cities, winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. In the grand style of the great Arab explorers and travel writers of the Middle Ages, scribe and bookworm Mazid al-Hanafi recounts this epic journey from his remote village in the Arabian Desert. Driven by a passion for the written word, he embarks on a secret mission to smuggle books into the famed cultural capitals of the era—Baghdad, Jerusalem, Cairo, Granada, and Cordoba. Along the way, he delves into a dangerous new world of ideas, experiencing the cultural diversity and richness of the Islamic Golden Age. Omaima Al-Khamiss masterful storytelling and vivid descriptions transport us to a distant era, unveiling the intellectual debates and struggles that continue to shape our world today.
Weight: 508g
Dimension: 130 x 205 x 45 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781617979989
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