ON SABBATICAL

I have been given a sabbatical for the 2007-2008 school year to read and research the Qur'an and Islamic literature to prepare me to teach a course on Islamic literature, including three months of travel and study in the Middle East and Andalusia (southern Spain).

Saturday, October 20, 2007


The Blue Mosque. It faces the Hagıa Sophıa across a long park. It has sıx mınarets, at the tıme ıt was buılt controversıal sınce the great mosque ın Mecca had only fıve mınarets. I thınk the Ottoman sultan wanted to make a poıntç

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