Ali A. Olomi is assistant professor of history at Penn State Abington. He works on medieval Islamic thought and the modern Middle East, with a focus on the intersections of religion, science, and empire.
Ali A. Olomi
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Baghdad: The Once and Future City of Stars
The city testifies to the vast intellectual curiosity of medieval Muslims, and the splendor they translated from astrology into their designs.
