Have you ever wondered what life was like for Mamluk farmers? In this episode, Lucie Laumonier talks with Omar Abdel-Ghaffar, a PhD candidate at Harvard University about Nile floods, landscapes and village communities in late medieval Egypt.
Omar Abdel-Ghaffar is a PhD candidate in the History and Middle East Studies program at Harvard University. You can learn more about his work on his university profile, or follow Omar on Twitter @_nahrkhaled
The Medieval Grad Podcast is a new podcast here at Medievalists.net. Look for two episodes to be released each month – if you are part of our Patreon you can listen to these episodes early!
You can listen to the podcast via Libsyn, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or through your favourite podcast player.
Have you ever wondered what life was like for Mamluk farmers? In this episode, Lucie Laumonier talks with Omar Abdel-Ghaffar, a PhD candidate at Harvard University about Nile floods, landscapes and village communities in late medieval Egypt.
Omar Abdel-Ghaffar is a PhD candidate in the History and Middle East Studies program at Harvard University. You can learn more about his work on his university profile, or follow Omar on Twitter @_nahrkhaled
Click here to learn more about the Mamluks
The Medieval Grad Podcast is a new podcast here at Medievalists.net. Look for two episodes to be released each month – if you are part of our Patreon you can listen to these episodes early!
You can listen to the podcast via Libsyn, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or through your favourite podcast player.
Lucie Laumonier is an affiliate assistant professor at Concordia University. Click here to view her Academia.edu page or follow her on Instagram at The French Medievalist. She is also a columnist on Medievalists.net, writing about agriculture and rural life in the Middle Ages.
If you are interested in being a guest of the podcast, you can email Lucie at [email protected].
The music in this podcast is La douce jouvencelle
Top Image: Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Sea. Battista Agnese, PORTOLAN ATLAS (Italy ca. 1550) – Wikimedia Commons
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