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Early Release for Paid Subscribers: Jefferson’s Muslim Fugitives
What was the mysterious Arabic writing that Thomas Jefferson tried—and failed—to decipher?
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The Hidden Story Behind Europe’s Greatest Utopias
What if the intellectual roots of Thomas More's Utopia and Campanella's The City of the Sun stretched far beyond Renaissance Europe?
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Lady Liberty’s Forgotten Egyptian Muslim World
Before the Statue stood in New York Harbor, the French sculptor imagined a colossal Egyptian woman carrying light at the entrance to the Suez Canal.
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Early Access: The Hidden Story Behind Europe’s Greatest Utopias
What inspired Thomas More’s Utopia and Campanella’s The City of the Sun?
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John Locke's Qur'an Was Not Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an
Most Americans have heard of Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an. Few know that John Locke owned a Qur'an as well. Surprisingly, however, they were not reading…
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How a Moroccan Slave Became the First Explorer of Arizona and New Mexico
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