Episode Seven
Tharik Hussain
Tharik discusses his award-winning book, Minarets in the Mountains — documenting a road-trip through six European countries with an indigenous Muslim population — the decolonisation of travel writing, and the rich traditions still kept alive in a region much ignored.
Released 14.04.23
The Conversation
In this episode, Sophy and Tharik discuss his award-winning book, Minarets in the Mountains: A Journey into Muslim Europe, documenting a six-week road-trip with his wife and two daughters through the rich seams of Islamic culture in six European countries.
Sophy and Tharik talk about the post-war intricacies of Bosnia, the cultural destruction in North Macedonia and the surprising remnants found in the Albanian mountains. They discuss the decolonisation of travel writing, the ties between travel and identity, and the rich traditions still kept alive in a culture most Europeans choose to ignore.
Tharik’s book, Minarets in the Mountains: A Journey into Muslim Europe is published by Bradt Guides.
Books Discussed:
Tharik Hussain
- Minarets in the Mountains: A Journey into Muslim Europe
Evliya Çelebi
- Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, In the Seventeenth Century, Joseph von Hammer (transl.)
Robert Dankoff and Sooyong Kim (ed.)
- An Ottoman Traveller: Selections from the Book of Travels of Evliya Çelebi
Tim Mackintosh-Smith
- The Travels of Ibn Battutah
You can order these books from John Sandoe Books here.
