• Exploring Muslim Sicily with Nuha Alshaar and Shainool Jiwa

  • Mar 7 2025
  • Length: 55 mins
  • Podcast

Exploring Muslim Sicily with Nuha Alshaar and Shainool Jiwa

  • Summary

  • In this episode Saeed Khan and Hizer Mir take a trip to Muslim Sicily, via a new book edited by Nuha Alshaar. They are also joined for this conversation by Shainool Jiwa, one of the authors whose work is featured in this edited volume. They discuss the period from around 800 CE to the mid-13th century, one characterised by a large Muslim presence which still exerts an important, though sometimes forgotten, influence on the present. This episode is one of our Forgotten Ummah episodes, where we discuss Muslimness in places not traditionally thought of as ‘Muslim’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies
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