1001 Days tells the story of the life of Sheherezade, the creative and heroic storyteller. Within a traditional fairy-tale structure, this animated short addresses eternal issues like sacrifice, equality and bravery, and considers how today’s women deserve equal treatment and privileges. Night af...

Life and death arrive at a spring in the desert but must first decide on who is the oldest between them before they can take a drink. A wisdom tale from Hausa people of West Africa.

Along with her cousin, Jalil, Zakiyyah goes on an adventure in her flower garden. They learn about some of the most beautiful flowers in the world along with historical contribution of prominent Kings and Queens of Africa like King Takyi, King Hannibal and Queen Nzinga. When Zaniyah’s mother stum...

A young man resorts to artifice in order to gain a menial position with a physician of great repute from the House of Wisdom. But at what cost will he keep that position? And what will the physician do to save his own reputation? A psychological thriller from Iraq.

A mesmerising tale of the courage required to embrace the inevitable changes that life brings. A parable of trust from Tunisia.

A documentary about the "Ghazali Children's project" a worldwide initiative to bring Al-Ghazali's teachings to children. After a decade of work with a dedicated team of scholars, we see the project in action and hear from teachers, parents and children about its transformative impact.

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Popularly known as the father of chemistry, Jabir's works contain the oldest known systematic classification of chemical substances, and the oldest known instructions for deriving an inorganic compound from organic substances (such as plants, blood, and hair) by chemical means.

A polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician from Jazira. He is best known for writing The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices.

Ibn Firnas was a polymath: an inventor, physician, chemist, engineer, Andalusian musician, and Arabic-language poet who lived in Córdoba. A pioneer of aviation, Ibn Firnas built the first human carrying glider and is reputed to have had two successful flights. His work and ideas went on to influe...

He was the chief Ottoman architect ("mimar") and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of more than 300 major structures and other more modest projects, such as schools. His apprentices would later design the Sultan A...

Often known in the west as Avicenna was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age, and the father of early modern medicine. Avicenna is also called "the most influential philosopher of the pre-modern e...

A Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. He was born in Nishabur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which witnessed the First Crusade.