Saudi Aramco World
I really enjoy reading Saudi Aramco World. I first came across this richly-decorated bi-monthly online magazine over an year ago and I have been hooked ever since.
Each article is so in-depth and written in such expressive language, that it livens up even the dreariest of topics. For instance, I didn’t know learning about dates and their history could be this interesting. The article also confirmed my suspicion that the Medjool dates that I used to enoy from fruit section of the San Francisco Safeway was Arab in origin:
The medjool comes from the Boudenib Oasis in Morocco. Its name—from the Arabic verb jahal, “to be ignorant”—means “unknown,” a surprising choice for what is now probably the best-known “boutique” date widely available in the US and Europe.
This month’s edition contains an article on Imam Siraj Wahhaj and his success in transforming one of the drug-ridden precincts of Brooklyn into a better place:
One man, Siraj Wahhaj, has led this transformation. He is Masjid at-Taqwa’s founder and imam, or spiritual leader. Praised as one of the most dynamic and charismatic Muslim leaders in the United States, Wahhaj travels widely, lecturing and preaching at Islamic centers, conventions, fundraisers and universities. In 1991, he became the first Muslim to lead a prayer before the us Congress.
I first saw him at a comparative religion discourse at Georgia Tech and the thing that really struck me about him was his humbleness and modesty.
So if you enoy reading topical articles about the Arab-Muslim world, then don’t miss Saudi Aramco World
