Mamluks: How Slaves Ruled an Empire

with Charles Al-Hayek

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Enslaved people occupied the top ranks in Mamluk and Ottoman empires, so how did anti-Black racism permeate SWANA societies, what is its legacy today, and how do we create equity and justice in the future?

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Charles Al-Hayek

Historian and Slow Factory research fellow documenting (lost) SWANA Indigeneity through historical research of land, fashion and language.

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