Ibn Fadlan’s Journey to Russia: A Tenth Century Traveller from Baghdad to the...
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, was arrested and...
View ArticleOn Abbasid Poetry
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 explores...
View ArticleRenaissance Translated
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...
View ArticleThe White Tiger by Arvind Adiga
Book Review by Tam Hussain – Reproduced with kind permission from Emel magazine issue 78 March 2011. It is a mark of a talented writer that he is able to portray a world which is not fully his....
View ArticleHow Cervantes Lost His Left Arm
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 the...
View ArticleLeo the African by Amin Maalouf
Review by Tam Hussein One of the hardest things for a writer is to inhabit a person of historical importance. Amin Maalouf with a mixture of erudition and eloquence has managed to pull it off with...
View ArticleThe Great Arab Conquests: How the spread of Islam changed the world we live...
Review by Tam Hussain Western historians have always found it difficult to explain the ‘enigma’ of the early Muslim conquests. Firstly, since Providence no longer has a place in Western academic...
View ArticleThe Leadership of Muhammad by John Adair, Kogan Page, (2011)
Review by Tam Hussein The complexity of modern society has inevitably made life more demanding. In response, the market is saturated with books offering advice on how to deal with these challenges....
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