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Back to calendar'Muslim-Crusader Religious "Dialogue": Nature, Context, & Impact,' with Suleiman Ali Mourad
Five College Medieval Studies Seminar with Suleiman Ali Mourad, Myra M. Sampson Professor of Religion and Middle East Studies, Smith College.
Suleiman Ali Mourad teaches courses on Islamic history, law and religion and on comparative themes in monotheistic religions (Jerusalem, Holy Land, Crusades). He has worked as historical advisor and appeared on numerous film documentaries, such as Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury (CNN, 2021) and The Sultan and the Saint (PBS, 2017). His books include Ibn ‘Asakir of Damascus: Champion of Sunni Islam at the Time of the Crusades (Oneworld, 2021), Muslim Sources of the Crusader Period: An Anthology (Hackett Publishing, 2021), Routledge Handbook on Jerusalem (Routledge, 2019), and The Mosaic of Islam: A Conversation with Perry Anderson (Verso, 2016).