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The Field BetweenThe Field BetweenEp.44 Vultures In The House of Silence w/Abdul Rahman LatifWe were thrilled to talk to author Abdul Rahman Latif about his newly published book 'Vultures In The House of Silence,' which combines elements of Islamic history and traditional story telling into a new and fun dark fantasy set at the end of times. In addition to being a published author, Abdul Rahman Latif is the Muslim chaplain at Dartmouth College and a PhD candidate at Columbia University. You can find his new book on Amazon, Audible, Barnes & Noble, and Apple Books.2024-02-0649 minSufiPunkSufiPunkEp 5: Narratives of Faith w/ AR LatifDive into the heart of storytelling and spirituality in our latest interview with Abdul Rahman Latif, the visionary author behind 'Vultures in the House of Silence', which has been quoted as "The Witcher meets Avatar the Last Airbender in Medieval Baghdad". Sounds cool just by the description, in my opinion. We explore how Latif's novel intertwines with the rich tapestry of Prophetic traditions, and offers a lens on applying these teachings in our lives. But this conversation isn't just about a book; it's a journey through the transformative power of faith-based storytelling, reflecting...2024-01-2635 minEvening EditionEvening EditionToday On Twitter: Car-Free Days To Encourage More Walking?DBKL plans to close Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman to traffic every Sunday from September 28, to encourage the culture of walking. We get into what the responses to this have been like on Twitter. Image Source: Abdul Razak Latif, ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2022-08-1215 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentLanguage of the Birds: The Challenge of the PhoenixA tale from al-Tha'labi's collection of stories of the Prophets.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-08-1512 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentLanguage of the Birds: To the Last PeakA story about a bird and the soul on a journey for true freedom by Ibn Sina/ Avicenna. Translation by Willard Trask and Henry Corbin. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-07-1617 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentLanguage of the Birds: The Merchant's gift from IndiaNew mini-series on bird stories in the Islamic tradition! This episode is on a tale about a caged Parrot from the Masnavi of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-07-0106 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentProphetic PatienceA story of patience and loss from the seerah of the Prophet SAW with details from al-Tabarī's telling. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-06-0410 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe Discourse of OmanA story about getting lost at sea from al-Harirī's maqamāt! with thanks to Steinglass's masterful translations.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-06-0407 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentHuman NonsenseTales from Ibn Khallikan and Al-Safadī's works showcasing the humanness of notables and the allure of comedy and curiosity.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-06-0406 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe Chest Beneath Suleymān's TombStories from Tabirī's tafsir on the first part of verse 2:102 of the Qur'an. I used some wordings from the Oxford translation of the text. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-3005 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentPity for the WretchAn extract from the love story of Layla and Majnun as rendered by Nizamī (d. 1209 CE) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-3006 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe Black SnakeA turkish folktale about a strange birth and its consequences  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-3010 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentMan v. AnimalAn extract from a story in the Epistles of the Ikhwan al-Safa. Background info from IEP. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-3004 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe White-Haired BoyA story from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi and a brief introduction to the text.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-3008 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe Sons of the King, the Merchant, the Nobleman, and the FarmerA story from the famed Kalila wa dimna!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-2707 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentA Camel in the CloudsA retelling of the story of the saint Ibrahim b. Adham (d.160-161 AH/ 777-778 CE) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-2605 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe Father of OrphansTales of Imam Ali, in commemoration of his passing as a shaheed. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-2408 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentA Thief on a Roof and a Wandering Holy ManA tale from Uyghur folklore! Our Uyghur brothers and sisters are being seriously oppressed. Check out saveuighur.org for ways to help. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-2307 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentTattooing the Hero of QazvinA tale from Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi, as translated by Jawid Mojaddedi. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-2205 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentDeli Dumrul and the Hunt for the Angel of DeathA story from the Book of Dede Korkut! I used the black mask translation. Was first exposed to this text with Prof. Cemal Kafadar.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-2112 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentStuck on an Obelisk out in the SeaA story from Destan-e Amir Hamza/ the Hamzahnameh! I recommend Musharraf Ali Farooqi's translation. also this is such a cool project https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/the_modern_hamzanama_prize#!/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-2013 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentA Duel of BrothersFrom the Malay Epic Hikayat Hang Tuah as translated by Muhammad Hajji Salleh. Drawing from scholarship of Nancy Nanney and Virginia Hooker. (and fair warning i use the words state and public anachronistically. my b) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-1907 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe Lion of MaliFrom SUNDIATA. AN EPIC OF OLD MALI by DJIBRILTAMSIR NIANE. TRANSLATED BY G.D. PICKETT.  Sorry for messing up some pronunciations.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-1818 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe Demon and The SageA story from the Marzubannameh of al-Warawinī (13th century CE). Indebted to the translation of Reuben Levy and James Kritzeck's anthologizing efforts. Correction: def came from older stories and there are other versions of the work too. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-1709 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe Sorcerer, the King, and the BoyStory from a Hadith of the Prophet about the heights of commitment to faith.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-1509 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe Book of the Dragon18th century Turkish epic with possible older origins and certain older antecedants about Imam Ali battling a dragon. My translation is often quite literal, and its late in the fasting day, so please forgive the repetition of words.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-1407 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThree WordsA story from Zanzibar in the 19th century and a tale from al-Mas`udī's (d.345 AH/ 956 CE) history sharing a motif! The former was recorded by Bishop Edward Steere. Wording of the later based on Claud Field's translation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-1204 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentAli Baba and the Forty ThievesEpisode 6 of the Ramadan blitz! This one is a classic but the original version is obscured. (Pic is painting by Maxfield Parrish! credits to wikipediaa) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-1115 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe King who cut his fingerThis story is from my grandfather! Variants found in the recent موسوعة الرقائق والأدب and in Naestri Sastri's (d.1909 CE) Indian Tales.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-1003 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentThe Discourse of the LionA tale from the the Maqāmāt of Badiuzzaman al-Hamdanī (d.485 AH/ 1008 CE). The original is quite literary arabic, so this is very boiled down and retold from memory. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-0909 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentA Saintly CatThird entry in the Ramadan Blitz! A different kind of story about a very Muslim cat, as curated by the late Professor Simon Digby.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-0804 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentSunset of the Third DaySecond entry in the Ramadan Blitz. A story about Umar (RA), a killer, and two brothers who lost their father. From Diyāb al-Itlidī's Nawādir al-Khulafah.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-0705 minChronicles of the CrescentChronicles of the CrescentAdhan at MidnightFirst story in the Ramadan Blitz! A tale of justice from the Siyasetnameh of Nizam al-Mulk (d. 465 AH/1092 CE). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdul-rahman-latif/support2019-05-0613 min