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Yalla Culture - Episode 31 - The Oppressed Age

Duration: 0:13:37

Hello and welcome to episode 31 of Yalla Thaqafa. I am very happy that the listening audience continues to grow steadily despite the hiatus from the podcast. I am eager to know more about the statistics of Fatma Anan's listeners, but unfortunately I have to pay a subscription larger than snakes to access it. However, this does not stop me from feeling a bit proud of Yalla Thaqafa podcast, which has no sponsors and relies solely on personal efforts. Today's episode is titled "The Middle Ages", and I want to delve deeper into historical eras because it's hard to forget the cultural and historical content of Christianity. Starting from the Middle Ages, I found myself diving into a sea of information. In today's episode, we will discuss why the Middle Ages are named so and how it influenced European culture. This period marked the entrance of Islam, expansion, and influence of the Islamic state into Europe, leading to a literary and musical renaissance. Join me as I explore the misunderstood era of the Middle Ages and provide insights from various research materials.

Language: Arabic
Topics: the Middle AgesUnveiling the Middle Ages: Myths and RealitiesInnovations in the Middle Ages

Six-armed Christ and the Orthodox centaur: according to what canons are icons painted?

Duration: 0:35:58

Historian, winner of the Enlightener Prize in the Humanities nomination, Sergey Zotov has been doing scientific research in Spain, Germany, and now works in the UK . Despite his rather young age, he has already written three full-fledged books on the Middle Ages, another edition is being prepared for publication.

Language: Russian
Topics: Humanitiesthe Middle Agesthe University of ParisOrthodox ChurchGermanySpain

The image of the dragon in the mythology of different peoples

Duration: 0:35:00

In ancient China there was even an official position - the manager of dragons . Foreigners who visited the territories of modern Lithuania and Russia in the Middle Ages wrote about creatures that looked like large lizards, which were worshiped by the local population .

Language: Russian
Topics: ChinaOld TestamentShakespeareLithuaniaRussia

Horned Moses, sacred memes and other paradoxes of the "Suffering Middle Ages"

Duration: 0:35:25

The New Medieval fun is built on the paradoxes of medieval scholars, writes David Frum . Medievalists studying this period note many things that seem paradoxical to modern man, he says . Frum: The public in social networks is essentially trying to return to our lives the ease with which our ancestors treated the sacred .

Language: Russian
Topics: Medieval TimesHistory

Historiography: Will We Never Know the Truth?

Duration: 0:35:36

Eyewitness accounts, travelers' notes, reports, letters, protocols on clay tablets, papyrus, bark, parchment and paper. It would seem that we can learn a lot about what happened, but history textbooks are constantly being rewritten, and it is not only about pleasing the authorities. Historians themselves are not always sure that the information obtained from ancient documents objectively reflect what happened.

Language: Russian
Topics: HistoryGreeksEgyptRomansthe Middle Ages