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Book review appeared in the New Statesman in December. There was an expectation that Ibrahim Nasrallah’s first UK book tour, which began last month, would focus on the invasion of Gaza instead of… Continue reading "Time of White Horses"
Article appeared in Emel magazine Issue 78 March 2011 reproduced with kind permission The brother of a merchant sailor inspired literature from the Spanish novelist and poet. Tam Hussein explores… Continue reading "How Cervantes Lost His Left Arm"
Article appeared in Emel magazine Issue 77, February, 2011. Reproduced by kind permission. Captivating the minds of writers, artists and scientists alike, Tam Hussein explains how the Renaissance emerged from… Continue reading "Renaissance Translated"
Article appeared in Emel magazine Issue 76 January 2011. Reproduced with kind permission. The first in a collection of pieces delving into Islamic history and its relevance today, Tam Hussein… Continue reading "On Abbasid Poetry"
Review By Tam Hussein – Reproduced with the kind permission of Emel magazine Issue 67 April 2010. After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 Velidi Togan, leader of the Bashkirt Republic,… Continue reading "Ibn Fadlan’s Journey to Russia: A Tenth Century Traveller from Baghdad to the Volga River Trans. Richard Frye"