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Map of Andalusia and Grenada
Fifteenth century map by Piri Reis of the coastline of Andalusia and the city of Grenada
Folk Art Hajj Paintings in Luxor, Egypt
Successfully completing the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Any Muslim whose circumstances permit is required to make hajj at least once in a lifetime. In earlier centuries, it was a dangerous and lengthy journey,…
Miniature Painting Illustrating "Conference of the Birds"
A key scene in a Persian epic poem is illustrated in a 400-year-old watercolor from the holdings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This miniature illustrates the manuscript Mantiq al-Tayr (The Language of the Birds, also known as The Conference of…
Gallup Polling of Turkish Women’s Opinions about Headscarves
Western discussions of Muslim women’s public attire seldom take into account what women themselves think about this issue. In the past decade, the Gallup Organization has been polling intensively in Turkey and other Muslim countries. A Gallup…
Timeline of Captives Embarked and Disembarked per Year
Timeline: Number of Captives Embarked and Disembarked per Year, 1525-1867
Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima Writes “Al-Fatiha” When Asked to Inscribe the Lord’s Prayer in Arabic
English text: The foregoing copy of the Lord’s Prayer was written by Prince Abduhl Rahhuman in Arabic, at my request and in my presence on the 29th day of December 1828 in Philadelphia, at which time and place he related to me in detail the…
Portrait of Yarrow Mamout by Charles Wilson Peale
Portrait of African-American freed slave Yarrow Mamout painted in 1819 by Charles Wilson Peale, in the Philadelphia Museum
Omar ibn Said Writes Qur’an Verses as "The Lord’s Prayer"
Omar ibn Said, (b. 1770?), a freed slave living in North Carolina, is the author of this page written in Arabic script. A note in English on the back states, “The Lord's Prayer written in Arabic by Uncle Moreau (Omar) a native African, now…
