Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi.bsky.social
Translator and historian working with a variety of languages (Arabic, English, Latin, Spanish, Old English, German among others).
On the rise and fall of Syrian ex-regime milita chief Mihrac Ural by @ajaltamimi.bsky.social, who interviewed him several times. www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/the-rise-a...
The Rise and Fall of Mihrac Ural/Ali Kayali
On his recent arrest and his militia group
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My latest: translation & overview of Islamic State treatise on transit & border taxes, framed as 'ushr (10% tax). Useful for understanding history of 'territorial caliphate' in Iraq & Syria plus its function as blueprint for its affiliates around the world www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/islamic-st...
Islamic State Treatise on Border and Transit Taxes
Translation and Overview
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#POLI2049 Relevant for our later discussion in the module on Religion and International Politics, especially the extent to which religion offers alternative ways of understanding international politics and how it should be ordered.
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi@ajaltamimi.bsky.social · 3w agoTranslation and overview of the latest Islamic State editorial denouncing the United Nations. A useful example for understanding transnational jihadist opposition to the international system of nation states www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/islamic-st...
My latest post: on lack of state electricity & water in the Shia villages of Nubl & al-Zahara' in north Aleppo,incl. issue of recent initiative by Nubl town council to gather funds from residents for restoring these services & what's happened to the money www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/state-elec...
State Electricity and Water in the Syrian Shia Villages of Nubl and al-Zahara’
An update
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Translation and overview of the latest Islamic State editorial denouncing the United Nations. A useful example for understanding transnational jihadist opposition to the international system of nation states www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/islamic-st...
Islamic State Editorial on the United Nations
Translation and Overview
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Translation & overview of Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Shura Council's recent statement, amid ongoing calls by some supporters of new Sharaa-led order for the group to dissolve itself. Statement deals w/group's positions on situation in Syria & wider region www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/syrian-mus...
Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Shura Council Statement
Translation and Overview: Self-Dissolution?
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Translation and overview of the latest Islamic State editorial denouncing the United Nations. A useful example for understanding transnational jihadist opposition to the international system of nation states www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/islamic-st...
Islamic State Editorial on the United Nations
Translation and Overview
aymennaltamimi.com
Translation & overview of Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Shura Council's recent statement, amid ongoing calls by some supporters of new Sharaa-led order for the group to dissolve itself. Statement deals w/group's positions on situation in Syria & wider region www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/syrian-mus...
Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Shura Council Statement
Translation and Overview: Self-Dissolution?
aymennaltamimi.com
My latest post: on a visit to Alawite shrine of Shaykh Ali in Latakia village of al-Sanobar (lies on route between Latakia city & Jableh). In many ways al-Sanobar & its shrine embody the contrasts in Alawite fortunes & experiences since fall of Assad www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/alawite-sh...
Alawite Shrines of Syria: The Shrine of Shaykh Ali in al-Sanobar
Observations from a village in Latakia
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My latest post: a visit (w/photos) to mass grave site for victims of the massacre committed by pro-govt forces in Latakia Alawite village of al-Sanobar in March 2025, including a list of names, the site's location & construction, & issues of accountability www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/the-memori...
The Memorial for the Massacre in the Alawite Village of al-Sanobar
A visit to the memorial and overview of the massacre
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My latest post: a visit (w/photos) to mass grave site for victims of the massacre committed by pro-govt forces in Latakia Alawite village of al-Sanobar in March 2025, including a list of names, the site's location & construction, & issues of accountability www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/the-memori...
The Memorial for the Massacre in the Alawite Village of al-Sanobar
A visit to the memorial and overview of the massacre
aymennaltamimi.com
My latest post: on a visit to Alawite shrine of Shaykh Ali in Latakia village of al-Sanobar (lies on route between Latakia city & Jableh). In many ways al-Sanobar & its shrine embody the contrasts in Alawite fortunes & experiences since fall of Assad www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/alawite-sh...
Alawite Shrines of Syria: The Shrine of Shaykh Ali in al-Sanobar
Observations from a village in Latakia
aymennaltamimi.com
Translation and overview of a new statement issued by contingents of French & Uzbek 'muhajirin' in Syria who are critical of the Syrian govt, responding to a Syrian Salafi cleric's suggestion they either merge into the new state, pursue da'wa or business www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/a-new-join...
A New Joint Statement from French and Uzbek ‘Muhajirin’ in Syria
Translation and Overview
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Hey everyone. I need to raise funds in order to pay licensing fees related to my next book with Routledge. If you are willing to make a contribution, even small, I will be more than happy to acknowledge you in the book itself! Please donate and share www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/fundraisin...
Fundraising Appeal: Help Pay Licensing Fees for my Next Academic Book
‘Chronicle of the World’
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Hey everyone. I need to raise funds in order to pay licensing fees related to my next book with Routledge. If you are willing to make a contribution, even small, I will be more than happy to acknowledge you in the book itself! Please donate and share www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/fundraisin...
Fundraising Appeal: Help Pay Licensing Fees for my Next Academic Book
‘Chronicle of the World’
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Help @ajaltamimi.bsky.social publish Lucas of Tuy's 'Chronicle of the World'. Aymenn provides so much scientific value through his writings in his free time that this is the least we can do www.gofundme.com/f/help-pay-l...
Donate to Help Pay Licensing Fees for my Next Book, organized by Aymenn Al-Tamimi
I am due to publish a translation and study of Lucas of Tuy's 'Chronicle o… Aymenn Al-Tamimi needs your support for Help Pay Licensing Fees for my Next Book
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New interview with a local from the Druze village of Hadhr in Qunaytra that lies opposite Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. The Syrian state still remains largely absent and there are mixed feelings about the Israeli presence: www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/israel-in-...
Israel in Southern Syria: A View from the Druze Village of Hadhr
Interview with a Local
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My latest interview: w/pro-Syrian government Druze activist Raid Sadek regarding the situation in predominantly Druze province of al-Suwayda' & the ongoing impasse between the central government and much of the local population, & how he views the solution www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/the-situat...
The Situation in al-Suwayda’: Interview with a Pro-Government Druze Activist
Interview with Raid Sadek
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My latest interview: w/pro-Syrian government Druze activist Raid Sadek regarding the situation in predominantly Druze province of al-Suwayda' & the ongoing impasse between the central government and much of the local population, & how he views the solution www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/the-situat...
The Situation in al-Suwayda’: Interview with a Pro-Government Druze Activist
Interview with Raid Sadek
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New instalment in medieval Latin biographies of the Prophet Muhammad: this one from Benedictine monk Rodulf the Bald's Histories (important source for European history at the turn of second millennium), focusing on genealogy & prior Biblical prophecy www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/medieval-l...
Medieval Latin Biographies of the Prophet Muhammad (II)
From Rodulf the Bald's Histories
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An update on the status of Bilal Abdul Kareem's ongoing imprisonment, including an interview with one of his wives. There's some info now about a specific accusation against him & a purported deal put to him for release, but no real sense of due process www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/an-intervi...
An Interview with a Wife of Bilal Abdul Kareem
'Umm Bilal' on his imprisonment
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An update on the status of Bilal Abdul Kareem's ongoing imprisonment, including an interview with one of his wives. There's some info now about a specific accusation against him & a purported deal put to him for release, but no real sense of due process www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/an-intervi...
An Interview with a Wife of Bilal Abdul Kareem
'Umm Bilal' on his imprisonment
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New instalment in medieval Latin biographies of the Prophet Muhammad: this one from Benedictine monk Rodulf the Bald's Histories (important source for European history at the turn of second millennium), focusing on genealogy & prior Biblical prophecy www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/medieval-l...
Medieval Latin Biographies of the Prophet Muhammad (II)
From Rodulf the Bald's Histories
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Tour de force by @ajaltamimi.bsky.social, surveying the situation of Syria’s minorities since the fall of the Assad regime. www.hoover.org/research/min...
Minorities In The New Syrian Order
For international policymakers and audiences, one of the foremost concerns regarding the post-Assad order in Syria is the status of the country's minorities and how they fit into this order.
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My latest: sometimes Oxford & Cambridge hire the wrong staff & admit the wrong students. Court documents this year show a manchild- who studied at Oxford & sued the university & then his parents- continues to litigate hilariously cringeworthy claims www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/sue-oxford...
Sue Oxford University, Sue Your Parents: The Black Sheep of Brasenose College
The Remarkable Story of Faiz Siddiqui and his Ongoing Lawsuits
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My latest: sometimes Oxford & Cambridge hire the wrong staff & admit the wrong students. Court documents this year show a manchild- who studied at Oxford & sued the university & then his parents- continues to litigate hilariously cringeworthy claims www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/sue-oxford...
Sue Oxford University, Sue Your Parents: The Black Sheep of Brasenose College
The Remarkable Story of Faiz Siddiqui and his Ongoing Lawsuits
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Check out my interview with Missouri University professor Djene Bajalan about my translation and study of Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada’s Minor Histories, discussing the 13th century archbishop’s history of Spain project & how he viewed Arab/Islamic history www.ksmu.org/podcast/talk...
A Christian history of Muslim Spain with Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
On this episode of Talking History, Djene speaks with Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi about his new translation of Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada’s thirteenth-century Minor Histories.
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Check out my interview with Missouri University professor Djene Bajalan about my translation and study of Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada’s Minor Histories, discussing the 13th century archbishop’s history of Spain project & how he viewed Arab/Islamic history www.ksmu.org/podcast/talk...
A Christian history of Muslim Spain with Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
On this episode of Talking History, Djene speaks with Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi about his new translation of Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada’s thirteenth-century Minor Histories.
ksmu.org
New series on my newsletter: overviews & annotated translations of medieval Latin bios of Prophet Muhammad, starting with the one in Anastasius the Librarian's Historia Ecclesiastica (9th century).Useful for studying medieval Christian perceptions of Islam www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/medieval-l...
Medieval Latin Biographies of the Prophet Muhammad (I)
From Anastasius the Librarian's Historia Ecclesiastica
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New series on my newsletter: overviews & annotated translations of medieval Latin bios of Prophet Muhammad, starting with the one in Anastasius the Librarian's Historia Ecclesiastica (9th century).Useful for studying medieval Christian perceptions of Islam www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/medieval-l...
Medieval Latin Biographies of the Prophet Muhammad (I)
From Anastasius the Librarian's Historia Ecclesiastica
aymennaltamimi.com