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From the mountains of Tunisia to the palaces of Palermo, from poetry in the sands of Arabia to the gardens of Balarm, 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘺: 𝘈 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 is the untold saga of an island at the crossroads of empires.

Sicily’s Muslim centuries (827 to 1091) are a chapter of history still unfamiliar to many.

I’m fascinated by this era. Its cultural currents and citrus groves, its bustling markets and political intrigue, and the people who made the island one of the medieval world’s great melting pots.

This exclusive twenty-part social media chronicle will tell that story with respect and truth, spotlighting events, moments, and figures as vivid as:

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦…

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥’𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴…

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭…

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘦…

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵.

Beginning September 1, and continuing for twenty consecutive days, each daily post will uncover another layer of the island’s Muslim past, revealing a realm of many tongues, many faiths, and many rulers…yet always, unmistakably, Sicilian.

𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘺: 𝘈 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦.