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025 Which Rumi are you Reading?
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Zara and Zirrar talk to poet Baraka Blue about the life, work and legacy of Jalal al-Din Rumi. Baraka tells us about the... Read more
29 May 2020
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003 Islam in West Africa: Empires, Scholarship, Sufism & the Empowerment of Women
003 Islam in West Africa: Empires, Scholarship, Sufism & the Empowerment of Women
In episode three, Zara talks to Mustafa Briggs about the history of Islam in West Africa. They discuss the roots of Isla... Read more
30 Sep 2018
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010 Lahore: Secrets of the Old City
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