A conversation with Ross Burns, author and former Australian ambassador to Syria, on the history of Damascus. Ross has penned several books on Syria, and is an expert in the history of monuments of Syria. This episode was recorded in Aug of 2022.
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A conversation with Ross Burns, author and former Australian ambassador to Syria, on the history of Damascus. Ross has penned several books on Syria, and is an expert in the history of monuments of Syria. This episode was recorded in Aug of 2022.
Coffee, the wine of Islam feat. Mokhtar Alkhanshali
Islamic Art and History
1 hour 27 minutes 12 seconds
5 years ago
Coffee, the wine of Islam feat. Mokhtar Alkhanshali
Join me and Mokhtar Alkhanshali (historian, community historian and coffee innovator) as we follow the roots of Coffee from Ethiopia, Yemen to Makkah and then Istanbul and Europe. Mokhtar shares the intimate history of Coffee in Islam and its uses for the praise of God, its near ban and then its spread into Europe and Asia.
Notes:
The Merchant Houses of Mocha - by Nancy Umm
Monk of Mokha - by Dave Eggers
Islamic Art and History
A conversation with Ross Burns, author and former Australian ambassador to Syria, on the history of Damascus. Ross has penned several books on Syria, and is an expert in the history of monuments of Syria. This episode was recorded in Aug of 2022.
