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Ali A. Olomi

Ali A. Olomi is assistant professor of history at Penn State Abington. He works on medieval Islamic thought and the modern Middle East, with a focus on the intersections of religion, science, and empire. icon

Baghdad: The Once and Future City of Stars

By Ali A. Olomi

The city testifies to the vast intellectual curiosity of medieval Muslims, and the splendor they translated from astrology into their designs.

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