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Jon Silpayamanant (โจนาทาน ศิลปยามานันท์)| Mae Mai
Silpayamanant
Just to give an idea of how parochial Western music education ecosystems are, here's what a part of a bimusical education system looks like. Similar programs in dozens of non-Western
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Gwen C. Katz
gwenckatz
Colorization APIs are becoming widespread; AI-colorized historical photos are circulated without caveat. But is AI colorization providing an accurate image of the past? To find out, I digitally desaturated these
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Neelam Hussain
N_S_Hussain
Q: Mama, why are you writing about a dead subject like the history of libraries?Me: Because the history of books and libraries is the history of knowledge. What could be
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Ben Thomas
writingben
Take a close look at this painting, and tell me what you see.What period would you place this scene in?What empire do you think the soldiers on the left represent?What
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lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'entrate
yevangeIion
Thread of Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii’s photography expedition across the Russian Empire: “At the dawn of photography, the equipment was large and cumbersome, developing glass plates to reveal images was an intense
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Fuad Alakbarov
DrAlakbarov
Thread. Gerrymandering (Soviet style)Before the Soviet period, there were no national borders between the peoples of Central Asia, and identity was defined by religion, family, clan and place. The Soviet
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Ausma Zehanat Khan
ausmazehanat
Thrilled to share with you the gorgeous US cover of #TheBladebone, the conclusion to my epic fantasy series, coming this fall! Designed by the amazing Chris Cocozza, it captures the
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عبدالله
AntiqueAbdullah
THREAD – Travelling in tones: a colour journey through the kaleidoscope of the Muslim world BLUEBERRY: Beginning at the western frontiers of Asia, we move through the Balkans and Turkey,
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Ali A Olomi
aaolomi
They are good at philosophy, religious matters, writing, and creativityThey are a double-bodied and dual-natured sign which was interpreted as have two contrasting sides. They can be publicly amiable, but
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Nāveḍ. 🏹
FalconOfQuraysh
How "The Battle of Ain Jaloot" wasn't what ultimately stopped the Muslim world falling to the Mongols: A tale of how Allāh ﷻ helps those who help themselves - from
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History of Central Asia and Khorâsan
BiruniKhorasan
Going to start a thread about architecture in Khorasan and Khwarezm and also its offshoot, India:The Tilla Kari madrasa was commissioned a decade after the adjacent Shir Dar madrasa (1619-1636)
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Abdullah
AbdullahBiqai
A Preview of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī Enabling both, the Muslim layman and the expert alike, to appreciate the value and utility of the Ṣaḥīḥ۩ {} Thread {} ۩ Muḥammad b.
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Ali A Olomi
aaolomi
While the famed image of a centaur is the most recognizable depiction of Sagittarius, for medieval Muslim astrologers this zodiac had hidden depths. A thread on Sagittarius in astrology from
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Periodistán
periodistan_
Hilo turístico, para cuando se pueda volver a viajar.Con ustedes, UZBEKISTÁN 1) Por mucho tiempo, Uzbekistán fue un país hermético, cerrado. Hasta que sus líderes se dieron cuenta de
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J.A. Miraj
DeseretMiraj
Until comparatively recently in Islamic history, it was perfectly normal to show the Prophet Muhammed, either fully or with his face hidden. Even when I was a fundamentalist, Muslim I
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sh4hnoor
A brief History of Hyderabad It's origin, It's people & It's attempt to become a Caliphate.[Thread] In 1589, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (Sultan of Golkonda: Qutb Shahi dynasty) built the
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