There is an extraordinary collection of 47 Magic Lantern slides from the 1930 Beloit College Logan Museum Expedition to Algeria by George L. Waite, the photographer and cinematographer. This is available in an online collection at the website of the Smithsonian Institution. Click here to access the collection.
Russell Khan, Sulman Afridi, and Khalid Latif (left to right) at New York City’s Honest Chops, the country’s first halal whole animal butchery.
by NEW YORK (CNNMoney), May 30
Thick T-bone steaks and richly marbled oxtails decorate the display case at Honest Chops, a new whole animal halal butchery in downtown Manhattan.
Not only is the shop committed to selling humanely raised meat, it’s all slaughtered in the Islamic tradition, which involves a prayer and quick death using a sharp knife.
Khalid Latif, who founded the butchery in March, spoke to Muslim students and working professionals in his community who wanted a higher quality of meat than their neighborhood markets offered.
Initially, he and his partners Anas Hassan and Bassam Tariq were just interested in opening a halal butchery. But after learning about the unnatural feed that commercial cattle and chickens are raised on, they opted to source their meat from small producers in upstate New York, Maryland and Massachusetts.
“When there’s not a certain kind of purity to the food that we’re consuming, that becomes problematic from the spiritual standpoint,” said Latif, who has rigorous standards for the meat he sources. Continue reading “Honest to God” Burgers
There are many postcards on the Internet from old Aden under British control. This continues the series with more views of camels and a bullock in Aden.
to be continued… for #11, click here.
There are many postcards on the Internet from old Aden under British control. This continues the series with views of the camel caravans that came to Aden.
to be continued… for #10, click here.
من غرائب الطبيعة .. قرد يقع ÙÙŠ Øب دجاج
الإثنين, 27-يناير-2014
Øضرموت نيوز – اليمن متابعات
وقع قرد ÙÙŠ غرام دجاجة من النظرة الأولى، Øين شاهدها ÙÙŠ سوق Ù…Øلية بجزيرة جاوا الإندونسية، بينما كان برÙقة مالكه.
وقالت صØÙŠÙØ© «ديلي ميرور»، إن مشهد القرد والدجاجة معا صار مألوÙا ÙÙŠ سوق منطقة بانيوانغي، الواقعة ÙÙŠ الطر٠الشرقي من جزيرة جاوا.
وأضاÙت الصØÙŠÙØ© التي نشرت صورا للثنائي السعيد، أن القرد يملكه رجل يدعى، Øكيم، ويقيده بالسلاسل Øتى لا يتمكن من التØرك لمساÙØ© بعيدة، ما Øرمه من الاستمتاع بقضاء أوقات طويلة مع Øبيبته الدجاجة.
ويأتي خبر العلاقة الغرامية بين القرد والدجاجة، بعد أن ذكرت تقارير صØاÙية أواخر العام الماضي، أن كلبا من Ùصيلة الراعي الألماني، وقع ÙÙŠ غرام وزة تمكنت من ترويضه بسبب طبعه الشرس، والذي كان يتطلب قيام شخصين بإطعامه، واØد لإلهائه والآخر لرمي وعاء الطعام ÙÙŠ Øظيرته.
وكان الكلب (ريكس)ØŒ البالغ من العمر 11 عاما، يعيش ÙÙŠ دار لرعاية الØيوانات الشاردة، ÙˆÙŠÙ†Ø¨Ø ÙˆÙŠØªØ°Ù…Ø± من كل شيء يمر من أمامه، ويطارد الأرانب البرية لأكلها، لكنه سرعان ما هدأ Øين شاهد وزة تدعى «جيرالدين» ووقع ÙÙŠ غرامها من النظرة الأولى، وصارا يتنزهان معا وينامان ÙÙŠ سرير واØد كل ليلة.<
On Flickr there is a nice photo montage of plants and animals in the United Arab Emirates. check it out here. This was put up by Thorsten Gerald Schneiders, who has several photostreams about the UAE.
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914)
The American admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan is often noted as the man who coined the phrase “Middle East.” After he served in the U.S. Navy on the Union side, he sailed to Hong Kong and passed by the port of Aden in 1867. His comments are brief and reflective more of his own biases than anything significant about Aden. He does provide an interesting description of camels. His narrative is available on archive.org, but I attach here the relevant pages on Aden.
Ibn Sina’s (d. 1037 CE) Qanun, copied in Shiraz in 1645 CE
For anyone interested in the history of Islamic medicine, there are some rare editions of texts by famous Muslim scholars like Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Ibn Masawayh, al-Antaki, al-Damiri, and others, including a few 19th century French translations published in North Africa. These are available to view or as pdfs at Yale University’s library. Below is the press release about the collection:
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE
This digitized collection of selected volumes of medical books and manuscripts, dating from 1300 to 1921, is drawn from the Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. This collection reflects the Arabic and Persian intellectual efforts that translated, augmented, and transmitted Greek and Roman medical knowledge to Western societies during the Renaissance. It includes iconic works by authors such as Avicenna and al-Razi.
The Medical Historical Library, originally formed by the joining of three collections by bibliophiles Harvey Cushing, John Fulton, and Arnold Klebs, has over 120,000 volumes dating from the 12th to the 21st centuries. While primarily composed of works in Western medicine and science, a smaller selection of Arabic and Persian books and manuscripts are a “hidden collection” in the Library. Through the support of the Arcadia Fund, the Medical Historical Library was able to digitize Arabic and Persian books and manuscripts, as well as early translations in Latin, French, and English. Continue reading Islamic Medicine at Yale