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a painting of men and women dressed in medieval clothing standing around a bed with other people

Norah Nowarah | Toronto, CanadaAs a Muslim in North America, I have never faced trouble finding harmful news reporting on Islam, and how Muslims have brought nothing but trouble to the West. Growing up, especially during my early teenage years, I wanted to distance myself from my religion in order to ‘fit in’ and make friends. However, the more my family and I travel to our homeland of Palestine, the more I understand how fortunate I am to relate to another culture and religion across the…

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an artistic painting of a library with bookshelves and other items on the shelves

Adding to the list of names among the greatest libraries of the past, the Bayt al-Hikmah (translated as ‘The House of Wisdom’) was established in Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Empire, around the 8th century by Caliph Harun al-Rashid (reign from 786-809 CE) during the time of the Islamic Golden Age.

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an old man sitting on the ground reading a book with two open pages in front of him

Pictures of Caretaker of an ancient library showing one of the old documents in Chinguetti, Mauritania - send them as a postcard, download them for personal use on our weblog or desktop; and continue exploring the world on Around the World in 80 Clicks

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