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Renowned professor of ethics, law and political thought and leading scholar of Islamic Legal Studies
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Marwan Kraidy, CEO and Dean of Northwestern Qatar and leading scholar of global communication and me
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John Esposito is a Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown
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We reflect on why it's difficult to put an exact date on when al-Andalus actually "ended", the broth
We sat down with Mehdi Benchaabane, director of Qatar Academy Doha, to discuss the current advantage
Each night we taped live conversations with the artists on stage. This special Quartertones episode
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