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Category: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED)

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20th Century Images of East Africa’s Swahili Coast Online

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Eve M. Ferguson, Reference Librarian for East Africa, African and Middle Eastern Division.) The name “Zanzibar” often conjures up visions of exotic landscapes populated by Arabian princesses and sultans, palaces by the sea and a vigorous trade of spices, gold and ivory. But for centuries, trade across the Indian …

Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), African Section

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Micrography in the Jewish Tradition

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Sharon Horowitz, reference librarian in the Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division.) Micrography is minute script written into abstract patterns or formed into figurative designs such as the shape of animals, flowers or human figures. This is a Jewish form of embellishment of Biblical texts, developed …

Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Hebraic Section