(662 – 710 CE · Northern Africa )
The Narrator shares the small part he played in bringing Islam to North Africa west of Egypt, as well as a remarkable conversation he had with Dihya, a Christian Berber queen whose frustrated Muslim enemies believed could see into the future.
Based on Chapter 5 of End by Geoff Micks.
(Uqba Reaching the Atlantic by Moustafa Farroukh, 1954)
(A statue in Kenchela, Algeria, celebrating Dihya, also known as Kahina or Al-Kahina, ‘The Priestess.’)
(Bedouin warrior photographed between 1898 and 1914)
(Hejazi Arabian merchant and wife)
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Credits:
Voice Acting – Geoff Micks
Editing – Geoff Micks
Music – Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay
Additional Music – Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay
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