National Arab Orchestra | Houston, TX, March 18th - Treasures of the East

😍 Do you love Arab Music? 😍 Join the National Arab Orchestra with special guest artists Ranine Chaar and Mohamed Mohsen. Houston, TX, March 18th - Treasures of the East 🎼 - highlights some of the Arab world’s most treasured pieces of music with a performance that will showcase the rich beauty and diverse heritage of the Arab world. Click the link to book your tickets while they last: www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A...

[@tareqkarim2926]

Arabic culture and history is much richer than you know or think.

[@Loved-ByGod]

When are you coming to Chicago? 💕

[@mountainbiker8904]

Khawarizmi was Iranian - not Arab.
And the overwhelming number of “Arab” scientists, mathematicians, theologians, even musical theorists were Iranian.

[@mo-ug1ys]

First of all, Iran did not exist at that time, it was the Abbasid caliphate that was ruled by the Arabs. Yes, there is a dispute if he was a Persian (not Iranian) or an Arab, but he lived in Baghdad and wrote all his writings in Arabic. This is part of the heritage of Islamic civilization, and there is no doubt about that

[@mountainbiker8904]

@@mo-ug1ys Iran existed at that time. It was just under occupation by Arabs; like the situation with Palestine today being occupied by Jews. Arabic was the lingua franca just like Latin was the lingua franca in Europe. No one is saying German bishops were Romans for writing in Latin. Baghdad was Iranian originally and even today has much Iranian blood; even Saddam looked Iranian. Khawarazm was part of the Iranian world. There’s no question about Khawarazmi’s Iranian roots. There’s no doubt about the Iranian contribution to Islamic civilization and culture.

[@mo-ug1ys]

@@mountainbiker8904 You have confusion in linking historical events to each other. The Arab conquest of Persia was not an invasion to take the land and kill people (as the Jews do in Palestine), but rather it was to spread Islam, which was the light for these nations. Also, the city of Baghdad did not exist in the Persian state because it was built in the Abbasid state and Abu Jaafar al-Mansur ordered its construction. Yes, I do not deny the virtue of the Muslim Persians, such as the companion Salman Al-Farisi and others. They are originally Persians, but they have an Abbasid passport 😉

[@mountainbiker8904]

@@mo-ug1ys Whether occupation results in genocide or spreading a religion of “compassion” and “mercy” by the sword, the end result is the same: occupation and death in the process. Calling it a “light” for various nations is not only questionable but insulting to those nations. Even the name of Baghdad is Iranian: “God-Given”. The area was already in existence when Mansur started building a city out of it. You just made my point, the Iranian influence was so profound in Islam, that even one of the companions of Mohammed was Iranian. Islam would be nowhere culturally if it wasn’t for Iranians.

[@mo-ug1ys]

@@mountainbiker8904 In conclusion, had it not been for the Arabs to spread Islam, the Iranians would have remained in their ignorance worshiping fire and cows. Personally, I think that you give the Iranian influence in the Islamic civilization greater than its size. Like other Central Asian peoples, they had contributions that benefited the nation and also contributions that misled the nation. But the presence of Arab culture was shining like the sun, and the best witness to that was the Andalusian civilization.