British Omani Society
Formed in 1976, The British Omani Society supports the close friendship shared between Great Britain and the Sultanate of Oman www.britishomani.org. This podcast shines a light on the movers and shakers creating, working and contributing to developing Oman.
British Omani Society
S5 EP3: Omani Travel Literature and Medieval Food
In this podcast, AOS speaks with Daniel Newman Professor and Chair of Arabic Studies at the University of Durham (UK). His research and publications have centred on Arabic geographical and travel literature (with a special focus on Arab travellers to Europe in the 19th century) as well as the 19th-century Arab reform movements in Tunisia and Egypt.
In 2009, he was the co-recipient of the World Award of the President of the Republic of Tunisia for Islamic Studies for the book entitled Muslim Women in Law and Society (Routledge, 2007). His research interests also include translation studies, medieval Islamic medicine and Arab food history. His latest book is entitled The Sultan’s Feast. A Fifteenth-century Cookbook, which has been longlisted for the Peter Mackenzie Smith Book Prize 2021. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Vice-President of the British Association of Teachers of Arabic (BATA).
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