43 - The Excellence of the Arabs - a podcast by David DiMeo

In the continuing disagreements over the role of ethnicity in the Muslim Empire, the 9th Century classic "The Excellence of the Arabs" was seen as a definitive word.  This book, by a renown Baghdad scholar lays out the case for what makes Arabs special, traits that have continued to be admired until this day.

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