Language of the Birds: The Challenge of the Phoenix
A tale from al-Tha'labi's collection of stories of the Prophets. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abdul-rahman-latif/support
Chronicles of the Crescent
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This sorta-weekly podcast focuses on stories drawn from across Islamic civilization. The language of the birds series tells (often mystical) tales of avians in islamic lit. The Ramadan blitz was a podcast-a-day series in Ramadan 1440/2019. Blog: https://samosazen.wordpress.com/ Insta: @arlatif24 Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abdul-rahman-latif/support
Language of the Birds: To the Last Peak
A story about a bird and the soul on a journey for true freedom by Ibn Sina/ Avicenna. Translation by Willard Trask and Henry Corbin. --- Support this...
Language of the Birds: The Merchant's gift from India
New mini-series on bird stories in the Islamic tradition! This episode is on a tale about a caged Parrot from the Masnavi of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi -...
Prophetic Patience
A story of patience and loss from the seerah of the Prophet SAW with details from al-Tabarī's telling. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abd...
The Discourse of Oman
A story about getting lost at sea from al-Harirī's maqamāt! with thanks to Steinglass's masterful translations. --- Support this podcast: https://anc...
Human Nonsense
Tales from Ibn Khallikan and Al-Safadī's works showcasing the humanness of notables and the allure of comedy and curiosity. --- Support this podcast:...
The Chest Beneath Suleymān's Tomb
Stories from Tabirī's tafsir on the first part of verse 2:102 of the Qur'an. I used some wordings from the Oxford translation of the text. --- Support...
Pity for the Wretch
An extract from the love story of Layla and Majnun as rendered by Nizamī (d. 1209 CE) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abdul-rahman-latif/s...
The Black Snake
A turkish folktale about a strange birth and its consequences --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abdul-rahman-latif/support
Man v. Animal
An extract from a story in the Epistles of the Ikhwan al-Safa. Background info from IEP. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abdul-rahman-lati...