Travel writing about Muslim Europe. A journey around Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans, home to the largest indigenous Muslim population in Europe, following the footsteps of Evliya Celebi through Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro. A book that begins to decolonise European history.
Travel writing about Muslim Europe. A journey around Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans, home to the largest indigenous Muslim population in Europe, following the footsteps of Evliya Celebi through Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro. A book that begins to decolonise European history.
Tharik Hussain is affiliated as a fellow with the Centre for Religion and Heritage and is viewed widely as a specialist on Muslim heritage and culture, especially across the western hemisphere. Tharik's previous work has often served to decolonise authorised and popular religious and cultural histories and narratives. He is the creator of Europe's first Muslim heritage trails, he edited a special revival edition of the historic British Muslim journal The Islamic Review. He frequently hosts lectures and talks on Muslim heritage and history and has even helped to develop a Muslim-Jewish heritage trail with the University of Oxford and JTrails. Tharik has also produced award-winning radio on America's earliest mosques and Muslim communities and written a chapter about encountering the indigenous Muslims of Romania in the book The Ordinary Chaos of Being Human; Travels from Many Muslim Worlds. He is the author of several travel guides for Lonely Planet, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Thailand, where again he is viewed as an expert on Muslim culture and Muslim travel. Tharik has been named one of the UK's most inspiring British Bangladeshis and is an advisor to a number of heritage projects. His travel guide to Saudi Arabia has been shortlisted for a Travel Media Award and he has an MA in Islamic Studies and a BA(hons) in Media and Cultural Studies.
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Introduction An Intimate Tolerance – Palamartsa, Bulgaria Part One: Bosnia and Herzegovina An Ottoman City – Sarajevo The Bridge Built by Barbarians – Mostar Mystics and Mountains – Blagaj The Bloody Bridge on the Drina – Višegrad Part Two: Serbia and Kosovo Serbia's Dirty Little Secret – Rudine and Sjenica ‘A Muslim Town' – Novi Pazar Pokémon in Hammams – Novi Pazar The Grandfather of Muslim Europe – Pristina, Kosovo An Orthodox Town – Niš Part Three: North Macedonia Whose Heritage Is It, Anyway? – Skopje A Macedonian Imam – Skopje The Fool's Tekke – Tetovo Part Four: Albania Taken by Albanians – Vlore A Beer with a Muslim – Llogara National Park The Town ‘Addicted to Prayer' – Gjirokaster The House the Pasha Built – Gjirokaster A Fairy-Tale Ottoman Village – Berat Capitals Old and New – Durres, Tirana and Kruje Part Five: Montenegro Muslim Montenegro – Podgorica Part Six: Return to Bosnia and Herzegovina The Effendi's Library – Foca and Zenica Coffee with Bosnian Kings – Vranduk and Travnik Dumped for De Niro – Sarajevo Back in ‘Jerusalem' – Sarajevo Remembrance in Sarajevo – Sarajevo Glossary Acknowledgements
Introduction An Intimate Tolerance – Palamartsa, Bulgaria Part One: Bosnia and Herzegovina An Ottoman City – Sarajevo The Bridge Built by Barbarians – Mostar Mystics and Mountains – Blagaj The Bloody Bridge on the Drina – Višegrad Part Two: Serbia and Kosovo Serbia's Dirty Little Secret – Rudine and Sjenica ‘A Muslim Town' – Novi Pazar Pokémon in Hammams – Novi Pazar The Grandfather of Muslim Europe – Pristina, Kosovo An Orthodox Town – Niš Part Three: North Macedonia Whose Heritage Is It, Anyway? – Skopje A Macedonian Imam – Skopje The Fool's Tekke – Tetovo Part Four: Albania Taken by Albanians – Vlore A Beer with a Muslim – Llogara National Park The Town ‘Addicted to Prayer' – Gjirokaster The House the Pasha Built – Gjirokaster A Fairy-Tale Ottoman Village – Berat Capitals Old and New – Durres, Tirana and Kruje Part Five: Montenegro Muslim Montenegro – Podgorica Part Six: Return to Bosnia and Herzegovina The Effendi's Library – Foca and Zenica Coffee with Bosnian Kings – Vranduk and Travnik Dumped for De Niro – Sarajevo Back in ‘Jerusalem' – Sarajevo Remembrance in Sarajevo – Sarajevo Glossary Acknowledgements
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