Screen LibraryMinarets in the mountains : a journey into Muslim Europe /
A magical, eye-opening account of a journey into a Europe that rarely makes the news and is in danger of being erased altogether. Another Europe. A Europe few people believe exists and many wish didn't. Muslim Europe. Writer and documentary-maker Tharik Hussain sets off with his wife and young...
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Bradt Guides Ltd,
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| Publisher Address: | Chesham, England : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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A magical, eye-opening account of a journey into a Europe that rarely makes the news and is in danger of being erased altogether. Another Europe. A Europe few people believe exists and many wish didn't. Muslim Europe. Writer and documentary-maker Tharik Hussain sets off with his wife and young daughters around the Western Balkans, home to the largest indigenous Muslim population in Europe, and explores the regions of Eastern Europe where Islam has shaped places and people for more than half a millennium. Encountering blonde-haired, blue-eyed Muslims, visiting mystical Islamic lodges clinging to the side of mountains, and praying in mosques older than the Sistine Chapel, he paints a picture of a hidden Muslim Europe, a vibrant place with a breathtaking history, spellbinding culture and unique identity. Minarets in The Mountains, the first non-fiction account by a Muslim writer on this subject, explores the historical roots of the current tide of Islamophobia. Tharik and his family learn lessons about themselves and their own identity as Britons, Europeans, and Muslims. Following in the footsteps of renowned Ottoman traveller Evliya Celebi, they remind us that Europe is as Muslim as it is Christian, Jewish or pagan. Like William Dalrymple's In Xanadu, this is a vivid reimagining of a region's cultural heritage, unveiling forgotten Muslim communities, empires and their rulers; and like Kapka Kassabova's Border, it is a quest that forces us to consider what makes up our own identities, and more importantly, who decides? |
| Carrier Form: | x, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781784778286 1784778281 |
| Index Number: | DR16 |
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D754.063 K954.09 |
| Call Number: | K954.09/H972 |
| Contents: |
Bosnia and Herzegovina -- An Ottoman City -- Sarajevo -- The Bridge Built by Barbarians -- Mostar -- Mystics and Mountains -- Blagaj -- The Bloody Bridge on the Drina -- Vis?egrad -- Serbia and Kosovo -- Serbia's Dirty Little Secret -- Rudine and Sjenica -- 'A Muslim Town' -- Novi Pazar -- Poke?mon in Hammams -- Novi Pazar -- The Grandfather of Muslim Europe -- Pristina, Kosovo -- An Orthodox Town -- Nis? -- North Macedonia -- Whose Heritage Is It, Anyway? -- Skopje -- A Macedonian Imam -- Skopje -- The Fool's Tekke -- Tetovo -- Albania -- Taken by Albanians -- Vlore? -- A Beer with a Muslim -- Llogara National Park -- The Town 'Addicted to Prayer' -- Gjirokaste?r -- The House the Pasha Built -- Gjirokaster -- A Fairy-Tale Ottoman Village -- Berat -- Capitals Old and New -- Durre?s, Tirana and Kruje? -- Montenegro -- Muslim Montenegro -- Podgorica -- Return to Bosnia and Herzegovina -- The Effendi's Library -- Foc?a and Zenica -- Coffee with Bosnian Kings -- Vranduk and Travnik -- Dumped for De Niro -- Sarajevo -- Back in 'Jerusalem' -- Sarajevo -- Remembrance in Sarajevo -- Sarajevo. |