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Lubna of Cordoba
20/20Kamila Shamsie discusses Lubna of Cordoba, a female intellectual from the 10th century.
Episode 19
19/20Narguess Farzad celebrates the much loved 13th-century Persian poet Al-Rumi.
Salah al-Din
18/20Historian Jonathan Phillips reassesses the influence of 12th-century hero Saladin.
Cities of Learning
17/20Dr Amira Bennison considers the intellectual powerhouses of Baghdad and Cairo.
Ibn Rushd
16/20Professor Charles Burnett considers the philosopher Ibn Rushd.
Al-Ghazali
15/20Professor Mona Siddiqui discusses religious thinker and mystic Al-Ghazali.
Al Hakim
14/20Dr Simonetta Calderini discusses Al Hakim, the controversial Egyptian imam-caliph.
Al-Biruni
13/20Professor James Montgomery discusses the Islamic scholar Al-Biruni.
Islamic Architecture
12/20Dr Sussan Babaie discusses the architectural glories of the Islamic world.
Avicenna
11/20Dr Tony Street assesses the great philosopher and physician Avicenna.
