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When writing “Colonial Diplomacy through Art. Jerusalem 1918–1926,” Moya Tönnies discovered that in 1922 an ensemble of Bethlehem textiles with exceptionally fine embroidery and a silver and gold chin-chain were sent to Buckingham Palace as the representation of Palestine’s “national dress.” After searching for many years where the precious robe is today, the author now asks the readers of this blog: Have you seen Princess Mary’s thob al-malak?
At the end of 2022, Hasan Kujjah finished publishing his large scale project on poetry and writing about Aleppo. His monumental 'Aleppo Through Poets' Eyes and in the Writings of Historians, Scholars, Visitors and Literati' collects and indexes more than 900 poems, descriptions, and impressions about the city. The first three volumes focus on the poetry (written from the 7th to the 21st century). The fourth volume focuses on descriptions and impressions from historians, visitors, and writers, over a time span of fifteen centuries.
We sat down with Hasan Kujjah to talk about his work, about poetry and what it discloses about the Middle East and Aleppo, about what makes Aleppo such a beloved subject for poets and writers, among many other things.
Alexei Abrahams and Etienne Maynier reflect on the impacts of digital surveillance on Palestinian civil society - and on the importance of cybersecurity for social justice movements.
Discussing the exchange of foods across the Eurasian Heartland through the Silk Route, with Dr. Eugene Anderson.
As the book series Christian Muslim Relations approaches its 20th volume, we spoke with Professor David Thomas, Editor of the series, about the project that has taken up such a significant part of his career, about positive and negative relations between Christians and Muslims, and about his expectations for the series in the future.