Stories
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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages
Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.
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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean
Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.
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Do you see what I see?
Is reality actually what you see, or just an elaborate illusion?
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
Catalogue
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Islamic code of medical ethics : Kuwait document / International Organization of Islamic Medicine.
Date: [1981?]- Books
Islamic medicine / Manfred Ullmann ; [translated by Jean Watt].
Ullmann, Manfred.Date: [1978], ©1978- Books
Islamic art terms : (lexicon explained and illustrated) / prepared by Aḥmad Mohammed Issa ; illustrated by Mahmoud al-Toukhy ; prefaced by Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu.
ʻĪsá, Aḥmad Muḥammad.Date: 1994- Books
Islamic family law / edited by Chibli Mallat & Jane Connors ; with a foreword by Antony Allott.
Date: [1990], ©1990- Books
Islamic science : towards a definition / by Alparslan Açıkgenç.
Açıkgenç, Alparslan, 1952-Date: 1996