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The Travelers of Al-Andalus, Ibn al-Shaykh and the lighthouse of Alexandria

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Written by Maria Jesús Viguera Molins and Louis Werner Art by Belén Esturla Yusuf Ibn al-Shaykh al-Balawi was born in Málaga, on the southern coast of what is now Spain, in 1132, during the last years of the Almoravid dynasty’s rule in what was then Al-Andalus. He is known to have made only one trip outside his homeland, a pilgrimage …

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The Travelers of Al-Andalus, Ibn Hamid Al-garnati’s

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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Suleiman ibn Rabi al-Qaysi, known more conveniently to posterity as Abu Hamid Al-Garnati and so named after his hometown of Granada (“Garnata”), sailed, caravanned, traded and trekked from the Arab West to the northern- and easternmost reaches of the Islamic world and beyond. Born in the year 1080 under the last of the Zirid kings, …

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A Man of Two World

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Written By Tom Verde In the “Northern Italian” room of Washington’s National Gallery of Art hangs a somber, dark-toned likeness of a young scholar entitled “Portrait of a Humanist.” Painted in Rome about 1520, the bearded, black-robed figure stands partially illuminated in a three-quarters pose. His dark eyes are fixed, his posture self-assured. His long, elegant hands seem well-suited to …

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رحلات من الخيال ، “هيزرافين” أحمد جلبي ينتصرعلى مضيق البوسفور منذ 400 عام

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دائما ما كانت فكرة طيران الإنسان بها نوع من الخيال فكان الإنسان دائما ما ينظر إلى الطيور محدقاً في السماء مأخوذا بتأمل النجوم ، لا يوجد ما يوازي بدنياً طموح فكرة الطيران. في عصرنا الحالي من الصعب تخيل أحلام وتطلعات رواد فكرة الطيران وكفاحهم ، تجاربهم الفاشلة و تضحياتهم. مقارنة بما يمكن تحقيقه بالنقر على زر في وقتنا الحالي ، …

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