Chronicles of the Crescent podcast

Chronicles of the Crescent

Abdul Rahman Latif

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

30 épisodes

Language of the Birds: The Challenge of the Phoenix
15/08/2019
12:30
A tale from al-Tha'labi's collection of stories of the Prophets.
Language of the Birds: To the Last Peak
16/07/2019
17:57
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.
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Language of the Birds: The Merchant's gift from India
01/07/2019
6:42
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
04/06/2019
10:21
A story of patience and loss from the seerah of the Prophet SAW with details from al-Tabarī's telling.
The Discourse of Oman
04/06/2019
7:15
A story about getting lost at sea from al-Harirī's maqamāt! with thanks to Steinglass's masterful translations.
Human Nonsense
04/06/2019
6:15
Tales from Ibn Khallikan and Al-Safadī's works showcasing the humanness of notables and the allure of comedy and curiosity.
The Chest Beneath Suleymān's Tomb
30/05/2019
5:50
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.
Pity for the Wretch
30/05/2019
6:38
An extract from the love story of Layla and Majnun as rendered by Nizamī (d. 1209 CE)
The Black Snake
30/05/2019
10:47
A turkish folktale about a strange birth and its consequences
Man v. Animal
29/05/2019
4:51
An extract from a story in the Epistles of the Ikhwan al-Safa. Background info from IEP.

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