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When is Drinking Wine Islamic?What makes a poem, a painting, or a wine-cup Islamic? Revisiting Shahab Ahmed’s grand odyssey through a civilisation beyond the limits of law.
Field Notes from the SalonsConversations on AI, industry, power, and civilisation—this October in the Society.
The Bayraktar ComplexAfter making Türkiye a drone superpower, the Bayraktar family is building institutions to engineer a culture of innovation.
Sleep After Toyle: The Three Lives of Joseph ConradExile, sailor, novelist: Conrad foresaw the 20th century—and still helps us understand our own.
A Son of Two SoilsThe story of how Ottoman reformers and Jadid intellectuals like Hashim Shayeq tried to help build a modern state and literary culture in Afghanistan.
How Morocco Built an Automotive IndustryMorocco built an automotive export industry through public investment organised around foreign manufacturers, though its success has yet to generate comparable opportunities across the wider economy.
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