A multi-part series by an Azhar University professor of Arabic literature and criticism, covering the Prophet's biography, the founding of the Medina state and its constitution, and the etiquette and status of mosques in Islam. Readers get scholarly, sourced religious-historical essays in Arabic.
Website: https://sayedaddeeb.com/
People of Madina publishes stories about the city of Madina, including first-person accounts from residents, biographies of notable figures and explanations of the history behind its landmarks. Readers get cultural and religious context drawn from the lived experience and heritage of the city.
A personal newsletter mixing history essays on the medieval Arab and Islamicate world with reflective pieces on intentionality and self-understanding. Readers get book summaries and narrative historical overviews written from a decolonial, first-person perspective.
A recurring Arabic-language newsletter that defends and praises Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan and interprets early Islamic history through hadith and athar, often examining chains of transmission. Each issue pairs a short quoted narration with an essay on its authenticity or historical meaning.
Short issues presenting a single quotation from Islamic texts such as hadith or classical works like Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, with the Arabic original and brief contextual notes. Readers get accessible excerpts with source references and occasional manuscript imagery.
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