Zirrar on the problem with Orientalist art Snake charmers, carpet vendors, devoted worshippers and veiled women; what is it about Orientalist...
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JoinedFebruary 14, 2020
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Cairo, city of a thousand minarets, was once the embodiment of the power of Islam according to the 14th century traveller and observer Ibn Battuta. When Ibn Battuta entered medieval Cairo in 1326, it was under the siege of the black plague (‘Bubonic Plague’ as its known today) killing up to 20,000 people a day. Cairo would be hit by the same plague fifty more time in the next 150 years, a disease that would hurt but never extinguish the glow of this sacred city.
Zirrar on his search for the tomb of Imam Ghazali بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ He is known by many names....
Shiraz, the sweetest of songs, it is the start, centre and end of every poetic pronunciation to come out of...
Zirrar presents an analysis of modern travel photography using the work of Edward Said and Orientalism. He demonstrates how Orientalist tropes portraying 'natives' are still being used in travel photography today, including in the work of well-known photographers, and endorsed by publications such as National Geographic.
Zirrar on Islam in Cuba and visiting the mosques of Havana Havana is everything. It was 2009 and Castro was...