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Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan

The New Arab 01 May 2024
"Gulbadan’s book was unique because it is the only work of prose written by a woman from a Muslim royal house, including Ottoman Turkey, Safavid Iran and Mughal Iran" ... The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa.
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Gaza’s oldest theatre lies in ruins. For the people who made art there, its story lives on

The Irish Times 26 Feb 2024
Its three floors housed a printing press, library, gallery and auditorium. The exposed-concrete building, with its abstract forms, disrupted the Ottoman-era cityscape, its high walls looking bunkerlike ...
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How Homer’s Epics Survived After the Fall of the Ancient Greek World

Greek Reporter 20 Feb 2024
The fact that Constantinople fell in May 1453 and the Ottomans destroyed the library along with its priceless content, makes the initiative of Boccaccio even more significant for the preservation of Homer’s works.
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Monroeville library hosts New Year's Eve ball drop at the mall

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 02 Jan 2024
The Monroeville Public Library hosted a New Year’s Eve ball drop - albeit 12 hours early - on Dec ... “We’re thrilled to have this space,” adds Barb English, assistant to the director at the library.
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Children off to university? Here's how to revamp their unused bedrooms

The Daily Mail 16 Sep 2023
Just make sure they are sturdy enough to support your library. 'You can still use this as a bedroom by opting for furniture that can serve different purposes, such as a storage ottoman that can be used ...
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Looking for luxury? These 7 Airbnbs are among the priciest at the Jersey Shore

Burlington County Times 12 Sep 2023
Here's a look.Luxe Rumson Waterfront Estate ... On-site parking is included. Price per night ... Price per night ... $795 ... The house comes with a vintage flair, featuring a spacious porch, stained glass, Ottoman rugs, decorative molding, a library and a courtyard.
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Saudi Arabia’s public library coin collection reveals history of Islamic world

Arab News 04 Sep 2023
The library possesses rare Arab and Islamic coins dating back to the Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid, Ayyubid, Atabeg, Seljuk and Mamluk eras, which were found in the Islamic Levant and Maghreb countries until the Ottoman era.
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Library restores Palestinian history one manuscript at a time

Raw Story 24 Jul 2023
A library in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem offers a rare glimpse into Palestinian history with its treasure trove of manuscripts dating back hundreds of years before the creation of Israel.
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Turkey’s Camlica Mosque: Ottoman heritage or modern nationalism?

Al Jazeera 22 May 2023
Camlica Mosque includes a prayer hall that can hold about 60,000 people, a museum, a gallery, art workshops, a library and a conference hall, and has many symbolic features that link Turkish and Ottoman history to national identity.
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The photo archive bringing pre-Nakba Jerusalem alive

Al Jazeera 15 May 2023
The British Mandate Jerusalemites (BMJ) Photo Library on Facebook was created by Mona Hajjar Halaby, a Palestinian living in the US state of California ... [Photo from G Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, Library of Congress/BMJ].
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Congress Marks Armenian Genocide by Warning of Second Genocide against Artsakh

Asbarez 20 Apr 2023
This landmark legislation – strongly supported by the ANCA – seeks to provide $10 million in funding over five years for the Library of Congress to educate Americans about Ottoman Turkey’s systematic ...
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Armenian Genocide Education Act Set for Introduction

Asbarez 19 Apr 2023
This landmark legislation – strongly supported by the ANCA – seeks to provide $10 million in funding over five years for the Library of Congress to educate Americans about Ottoman Turkey’s systematic ...
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Palestinian masculinities in Maha Haj’s 'Mediterranean Fever'

Daily Sabah 31 Mar 2023
There is an anecdote (veracity to be confirmed) about the Ottoman national poet Namık Kemal trying to register as a member of the British Library. On the form, for the 'nationality ....
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In Old Cairo, residents reconnect with their heritage

The Jordan Times 20 Feb 2023
Under a half-Mamluk, half-Ottoman patterned library ceiling, Habashi said there were once around 600 historic houses with similar courtyards — all built facing northwest to catch the cool wind — but just 24 are protected as heritage monuments ... Image.
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