Day One of the Muslim American Experience intensive featured Muslim demographics jeopardy; reading from Omar ibn Sayyid's autobiography; a gallery walk of contemporary Muslim heroes and delicious Iraqi food and lesson on halal from dear Zara. J Africana Religions
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This page was the final illustration that accompanied a Turkish prose work entitled Human Physiognomy in Ottoman Portraits, written by Luqman ibn Sayyid Husayn al-'Ashuri al-Husayni (known as Loqman).
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Another OG from this region, probably the largest-scale single slave trader of all time.
'My name is Hamad ibn Muhammad ibn Jumal ibn Rajab ibn Muhammad ibn Sayyid al Murjab...but my enemies named me after the sound of my guns.' #Tippu_Tipp
#BlackMuslimHistory Day 23: Listen and (re)learn about ‘Umar ibn Sayyid
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.Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill has lent 4 items to Smithsonian NMAAHC to tell the story of African-born enslaved Muslim Omar ibn Sayyid: unc.live/2h6iiyG
Check out Shassata Fahim’s poster on “Islamophobia & Anti-Blackness” at the “Reclaiming the Narrative: Omar Ibn Sayyid” Exhibit in the Rare Book Rm at Davidson College. A special shout-out to my dear friend, VCUarts Qatar’s Akel Kahera, for taking the time to talk to Shazzy about Said.