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Journalist/Writer. Featured in @Gulf_News @Guardian @Independent @TheScotsman @NewStatesman @waterstech & others
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Little-known history of Indian Hajj pilgrims during Mughal decline retold

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By Syed Hamad Ali Verified
| Hecho En California
Every year, Muslims from around the world gather in Makkah for Hajj. Men and women in pilgrim garb circumambulate the Kaaba and perform the sacred rituals enjoined for pilgrims. But the Hajj is more than a religious gathering. For centuries it was the source of cross-cultural exchanges and trade between Arabia and the rest of the Muslim world. A new book that sheds light on this is Hajj Across Empires: Pilgrimage and Political Culture after the Mughals, 1739-1857 by historian Rishad Choudhury.
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Little-known history of Indian Hajj pilgrims during Mughal decline retold

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By Syed Hamad Ali Verified
| The National Verified
Every year, Muslims from around the world gather in Makkah for Hajj. Men and women in pilgrim garb circumambulate the Kaaba and perform the sacred rituals enjoined for pilgrims. But the Hajj is more than a religious gathering. For centuries it was the source of cross-cultural exchanges and trade between Arabia and the rest of the Muslim world. A new book that sheds light on this is Hajj Across Empires: Pilgrimage and Political Culture after the Mughals, 1739–1857 by historian Rishad Choudhury.
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The Oud book review: Extensively researched history with musical appeal

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By Syed Hamad Ali Verified
| The National Verified
To the untrained eye, an oud might appear as an pear-styled musical instrument with a short neck and strings running along the length. But as Rachel Beckles Willson writes in her introduction to The Oud: An Illustrated History, it is “not just a beautiful pear-shaped box, neck, and strings; rather, it has long been a link to the world of bereavement that allows new voices to be brought to life.
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