Fatima al Moufridji
@moufridji.bsky.social
Leiden University. Aspiring Old English Professor. Interested in relations between Early Medieval England, Northern Africa, and Western Asia.
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#medieval All videos now available 🙏 Interested in learning about cultural contacts between early #MedievalEngland, Northern Africa, & the Middle East? Check out this playlist!
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Delighted to have presented at @imc-leeds.bsky.social in Leeds! My paper looked at how Ælfric’s Lives of Saints portrays ‘the East’ (the modern Middle East) as both a heathen land of conflict and a source of wisdom and miracles. Thanks to the organisers and all who came! #OldEnglish #IMC2025
July 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Delighted to have presented at @imc-leeds.bsky.social in Leeds! My paper looked at how Ælfric’s Lives of Saints portrays ‘the East’ (the modern Middle East) as both a heathen land of conflict and a source of wisdom and miracles. Thanks to the organisers and all who came! #OldEnglish #IMC2025
Tomorrow! Do join if you can :)
Hwæt! If you're still around the last day of Leeds (July 10), do come and join the session where I'm giving a paper about Ælfric's depiction of 'the east' in his Lives of Saints :) #imcleeds2025
July 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Tomorrow! Do join if you can :)
Hwæt! If you're still around the last day of Leeds (July 10), do come and join the session where I'm giving a paper about Ælfric's depiction of 'the east' in his Lives of Saints :) #imcleeds2025
July 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hwæt! If you're still around the last day of Leeds (July 10), do come and join the session where I'm giving a paper about Ælfric's depiction of 'the east' in his Lives of Saints :) #imcleeds2025
Very happy to have worked for @unileiden.bsky.social's 2-day conference on Ælfric of Eynsham! With over 20 speakers from 16 different universities, it was indeed a packed couple of days. Next stop: @isseme2025.bsky.social in Düsseldorf!
June 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Very happy to have worked for @unileiden.bsky.social's 2-day conference on Ælfric of Eynsham! With over 20 speakers from 16 different universities, it was indeed a packed couple of days. Next stop: @isseme2025.bsky.social in Düsseldorf!
Just visited the Medieval Women exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social, and it was fantastic! I especially appreciated the inclusion of Arabic books/textiles, even with the primary focus on Europe. Highly recommend catching it before it ends in March!
February 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Just visited the Medieval Women exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social, and it was fantastic! I especially appreciated the inclusion of Arabic books/textiles, even with the primary focus on Europe. Highly recommend catching it before it ends in March!
A few days ago I attended my MA graduation ceremony! Special thanks to @norselass.bsky.social for supervising my thesis "Imagining the East in Early Medieval England," exploring West Asia & North African representation in Old English texts, with a focus on Ælfric's Lives of Saints. Next stop: PhD :)
December 15, 2024 at 10:17 AM
A few days ago I attended my MA graduation ceremony! Special thanks to @norselass.bsky.social for supervising my thesis "Imagining the East in Early Medieval England," exploring West Asia & North African representation in Old English texts, with a focus on Ælfric's Lives of Saints. Next stop: PhD :)
Completely forgot I had this platform, but I'm back!
December 15, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Completely forgot I had this platform, but I'm back!
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Hi BlueSky! #IMC2025 acceptances are officially out!
Please check that all of your details listed in the Speaker Center are correct. If anything needs changing or you are experiencing any problems, please email imc@leeds.ac.uk.
We’d also love for you to tag us in your acceptances posts!
Please check that all of your details listed in the Speaker Center are correct. If anything needs changing or you are experiencing any problems, please email imc@leeds.ac.uk.
We’d also love for you to tag us in your acceptances posts!
November 29, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Hi BlueSky! #IMC2025 acceptances are officially out!
Please check that all of your details listed in the Speaker Center are correct. If anything needs changing or you are experiencing any problems, please email imc@leeds.ac.uk.
We’d also love for you to tag us in your acceptances posts!
Please check that all of your details listed in the Speaker Center are correct. If anything needs changing or you are experiencing any problems, please email imc@leeds.ac.uk.
We’d also love for you to tag us in your acceptances posts!
#medieval All videos now available 🙏 Interested in learning about cultural contacts between early #MedievalEngland, Northern Africa, & the Middle East? Check out this playlist!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
youtube.com
March 1, 2024 at 11:35 AM
#medieval All videos now available 🙏 Interested in learning about cultural contacts between early #MedievalEngland, Northern Africa, & the Middle East? Check out this playlist!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
From Hadrian & Theodore to snakes & prognostics, our final fourth video is out! Why did king Alfred receive a white stone from the Middle East? Watch the video to find out!
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Anglo-Saxon learning and intellectual import from the Middle East and Northern Africa
Learn more about the inspiring story of Theodore and Hadrian, two scholars from Northern Africa and the Middle East, who made their way to early medieval Eng...
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February 29, 2024 at 11:44 AM
From Hadrian & Theodore to snakes & prognostics, our final fourth video is out! Why did king Alfred receive a white stone from the Middle East? Watch the video to find out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG0s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG0s...
OLD ENGLISH IMAGINATION OF THE EAST!
Join Dr. Thijs Porck and myself as we travel through the 'other texts' in the Beowulf manuscript and explore Old English imaginations of the East! Watch it here: youtu.be/N1vVS0Qd9ak?...
Join Dr. Thijs Porck and myself as we travel through the 'other texts' in the Beowulf manuscript and explore Old English imaginations of the East! Watch it here: youtu.be/N1vVS0Qd9ak?...
Old English imaginations of the East: The other texts in the Beowulf manuscript
Beowulf is awesome! But the other Old English texts in the Beowulf manuscript are interesting as well - not in the least because they give us an idea of how ...
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February 22, 2024 at 11:13 AM
OLD ENGLISH IMAGINATION OF THE EAST!
Join Dr. Thijs Porck and myself as we travel through the 'other texts' in the Beowulf manuscript and explore Old English imaginations of the East! Watch it here: youtu.be/N1vVS0Qd9ak?...
Join Dr. Thijs Porck and myself as we travel through the 'other texts' in the Beowulf manuscript and explore Old English imaginations of the East! Watch it here: youtu.be/N1vVS0Qd9ak?...
EARLY MEDIEVAL ENCOUNTERS! A tenth-century Arabic description of Britain, the travels of St. Willibald through the Middle East and great tips on using a calabash! A new video featuring Dr. Thijs Porck and myself will premier this Wednesday at 7:30 PM CET! youtu.be/P1yqlT6kbHo?...
Early medieval encounters: Travelling Arabs and Anglo-Saxons
Did you know that people travelled long distances in the Early Middle Ages? Learn more about a tenth-century Arabic description of Britain, the travels of St...
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February 14, 2024 at 12:27 PM
EARLY MEDIEVAL ENCOUNTERS! A tenth-century Arabic description of Britain, the travels of St. Willibald through the Middle East and great tips on using a calabash! A new video featuring Dr. Thijs Porck and myself will premier this Wednesday at 7:30 PM CET! youtu.be/P1yqlT6kbHo?...
Put your favourite Leofwine silk because the first “Through Each Other’s Eyes” video has arrived!
In this series, we hope to bring some insight into the intercultural contacts between early medieval England, the Middle East, and Northern Africa!
New video every Wednesday!
youtu.be/zcbx-hEBRFs?...
In this series, we hope to bring some insight into the intercultural contacts between early medieval England, the Middle East, and Northern Africa!
New video every Wednesday!
youtu.be/zcbx-hEBRFs?...
Traces of trade between early medieval England and the Middle East: Coins, cloth and condiments
What are all these Arabic coins doing in early medieval England? What did Anglo-Saxons use exotic silks for and where did they get their spices? Join us as we explore some traces of trade between the East and the West in the early Middle Ages! This is the first of four videos on cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East. This video series is sponsored by Leiden University's Jusitce, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion [JEDI] fund. Script and on camera: Fatima al Moufridji and Thijs Porck Camera and editing: Thomas Vorisek, Leiden University The voice of Bede: Amos van Baalen Image credits: Offa coin: © The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Al-Mansur coin: Wikimedia commons, user: DrFO.Jr.Tn (CC BY 3.0) Lebuinus silk: Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, foto Ruben de Heer Silk cap: © York Archaelogy JEDI Fund logo: Art by See you Sioe Articles for which headlines were shown: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00904-6 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-38171657 https://www.history.org.uk/publications/resource/9204/a-trail-of-garnet-and-gold-sri-lanka-to-anglo-sax
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February 8, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Put your favourite Leofwine silk because the first “Through Each Other’s Eyes” video has arrived!
In this series, we hope to bring some insight into the intercultural contacts between early medieval England, the Middle East, and Northern Africa!
New video every Wednesday!
youtu.be/zcbx-hEBRFs?...
In this series, we hope to bring some insight into the intercultural contacts between early medieval England, the Middle East, and Northern Africa!
New video every Wednesday!
youtu.be/zcbx-hEBRFs?...
NEW VIDEO THIS WEDNESDAY!
In a new series of videos, @thijsporck and I explore cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East!
Join the premiere on Wednesday 7 Feb. at 7:30 PM CET here youtu.be/zcbx-hEBRFs?...
In a new series of videos, @thijsporck and I explore cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East!
Join the premiere on Wednesday 7 Feb. at 7:30 PM CET here youtu.be/zcbx-hEBRFs?...
Traces of trade between early medieval England and the Middle East: Coins, cloth and condiments
The first of four videos on cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East. This video series is sponsored by Leiden U...
youtu.be
February 5, 2024 at 7:52 PM
NEW VIDEO THIS WEDNESDAY!
In a new series of videos, @thijsporck and I explore cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East!
Join the premiere on Wednesday 7 Feb. at 7:30 PM CET here youtu.be/zcbx-hEBRFs?...
In a new series of videos, @thijsporck and I explore cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East!
Join the premiere on Wednesday 7 Feb. at 7:30 PM CET here youtu.be/zcbx-hEBRFs?...