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Podcast: New Books in Medieval History
Episode: Ê¿Abd al-Laá¹Ä«f, "A Physician on the Nile: A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years" (NYU Press, 2022)
Description: In the latest episode of Unlocking Academia, Tarin Ahmed, the host, unpacks the translation of this incredible text with Tim Mackintosh-Smith, a Senior Research Fellow at New York University in Abu Dhabi, the translator of this publication. Tim shares his story of how he first came across the original source text, his journey of translation, and even anecdotes on friendships and wonderful memories made along the way.A Physician on the Nile (NYU Press, 2022) begins as a description of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famin...