An avid reader, great traveller, experienced politician and extraordinary historian, Ibn Khaldun was one of the greatest and most influential men in the medieval Arab World “He who has not seen Cairo ...

Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) and Karl Marx (1818-1883) are separated by five centuries of history and two civilisations and yet they exhibit some very important similarities. I discovered this when I was ...

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October 2006 Business is about life. It takes planning, constant adaptation, resilience, and strength. It also requires patience and the ability to cooperate and collaborate with other people. And you ...

Last week I attended a wonderful conference in the university town of Tübingen, Germany, on “Debt: The First 3500 Years,” to bring ancient historians together to discuss David Graeber’s book Debt: The ...

The dangerous skirmish with our hostile larger neighbour has sparked a rare moment of national solidarity within Pakistan — a welcome feeling given the immense political polarisation we have been ...

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In his Muqaddimah, Ibn Khaldun wrote, “The Arabs ate camels and acquired their jealousy and harshness. The Turks ate horses and acquired their ferocity and strength.” Ibn al-Qayyim said, “Whoever eats ...