Sirat Delhemma's guest appearances

Sirat Delhemma

Abbasid History Podcast

Jonathan Brown

Peter Adamson

Ramon Harvey

Laury Silvers

Liana Saif

Dr Yakoob Ahmed

Abū Ḥanīfa

Hugh Kennedy

Sohaib Saeed

Elaine van Dalen

Yusuf Chaudhary

Emily Selove

Anees Lodhi

Kevin Blankinship

Rachel Schine

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Dr. Rachel Schine speaks about understandings of race and blackness in premodern Islamic(ate) societies through the tale of Delhemma, a popular epic of rival families and 'Abd al-Wahhāb, the black offspring of Fāṭimah, the eponymous Delhemma (lit. "the one of high aspiration"), disowned by her husband.  Sponsored by IHRC bookshop. Visit shop.ihrc.org.

<p><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/alc/rachel-schine" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Rachel Schine</a> speaks about understandings of race and blackness in premodern Islamic(ate) societies through the tale of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhemma" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Delhemma</a>, a popular epic of rival families and 'Abd al-Wahhāb, the black offspring of Fāṭimah, the eponymous Delhemma (lit. "the one of high aspiration"), disowned by her husband.  Sponsored by IHRC bookshop. Visit <a href="shop.ihrc.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">shop.ihrc.org</a>.</p>

EP011 Dr. Rachel Schine on Race and Blackness in a medieval popular epic, Sirat Delhemma (C.11/12th CE)