A tale from al-Tha'labi's collection of stories of the Prophets. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
A story about a bird and the soul on a journey for true freedom by Ibn Sina/ Avicenna. Translation by Willard Trask and Henry Corbin. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
New mini-series on bird stories in the Islamic tradition! This episode is on a tale about a caged Parrot from the Masnavi of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
A story of patience and loss from the seerah of the Prophet SAW with details from al-Tabarī's telling. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
A story about getting lost at sea from al-Harirī's maqamāt! with thanks to Steinglass's masterful translations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
Tales from Ibn Khallikan and Al-Safadī's works showcasing the humanness of notables and the allure of comedy and curiosity. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
Stories from Tabirī's tafsir on the first part of verse 2:102 of the Qur'an. I used some wordings from the Oxford translation of the text. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
An extract from the love story of Layla and Majnun as rendered by Nizamī (d. 1209 CE) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
A turkish folktale about a strange birth and its consequences --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
An extract from a story in the Epistles of the Ikhwan al-Safa. Background info from IEP. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
A story from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi and a brief introduction to the text. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
A story from the famed Kalila wa dimna! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
A retelling of the story of the saint Ibrahim b. Adham (d.160-161 AH/ 777-778 CE) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
Tales of Imam Ali, in commemoration of his passing as a shaheed. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
A tale from Uyghur folklore! Our Uyghur brothers and sisters are being seriously oppressed. Check out saveuighur.org for ways to help. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
A tale from Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi, as translated by Jawid Mojaddedi. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
A story from the Book of Dede Korkut! I used the black mask translation. Was first exposed to this text with Prof. Cemal Kafadar. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
A story from Destan-e Amir Hamza/ the Hamzahnameh! I recommend Musharraf Ali Farooqi's translation. also this is such a cool project https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/the_modern_hamzanama_prize#!/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
From the Malay Epic Hikayat Hang Tuah as translated by Muhammad Hajji Salleh. Drawing from scholarship of Nancy Nanney and Virginia Hooker. (and fair warning i use the words state and public anachronistically. my b) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support
From SUNDIATA. AN EPIC OF OLD MALI by DJIBRILTAMSIR NIANE. TRANSLATED BY G.D. PICKETT. Sorry for messing up some pronunciations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support