Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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University of al-Qarawiyyin alumni

The University of al-Qarawiyyin (Arabic: جامعة القرويين; Berber languages: ⵜⴰⵙⴷⴰⵡⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵇⴰⵕⴰⵡⵉⵢⵉⵏ; French: Université Al Quaraouiyine), also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Islamic Golden Age.

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PhilosophyPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of economicsAristotelian philosophersIslamic philosophersTheoretical historiansWriters about globalization13th-century philosophersAutobiographersCourt physiciansMuslim critics of atheism, AsharisEconomists of the medieval Islamic world, MujaddidJewish ethicistsPhilosophers from al-AndalusPhilosophers of Judaism

  1. Ibn Khaldun

    Melvyn Bragg and guests Robert Hoyland, Robert Irwin and Hugh Kennedy discuss the life and ideas of the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun.

    4 February 2010

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    Featuring: Robert Hoyland, Robert Graham Irwin, Hugh N. Kennedy

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    PhilosophyPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of economicsIslamic philosophersTheoretical historiansWriters about globalizationAutobiographersUniversity of al-Qarawiyyin alumniMuslim critics of atheism, AsharisEconomists of the medieval Islamic world, Mujaddid

  2. Maimonides

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work and influence of Maimonides. Widely regarded as the greatest Jewish philosopher of the medieval period.

    17 February 2011

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    Featuring: John Joseph Haldane, Sarah Stroumsa, Peter Adamson

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    PhilosophyAristotelian philosophers13th-century philosophersCourt physiciansPhilosophers of JudaismJewish ethicistsPhilosophers from al-AndalusUniversity of al-Qarawiyyin alumni