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So @farisattieh.bsky.social, who dreamt up House of Hikmah, sent this to me with a big crying emoji and it's so cool to see the game ripple through media. It does leave a glaring hole - I do really wish Western media, who control Metacritic and all that, would hold more space for non-Western stories

youtube.comIslamic Golden Age–Inspired Puzzle GameYouTube video by AJ+

12/4/26, 10:23 pm115 reposts330 likes

Hornswroggle

@hornswroggle.bsky.social

13 Apr

Somewhat related I also just saw a Documentary on German TV about "The Ways of Knowledge" tracing scientific discoveries in Arabia through that period part of history. What struck me was a period of close collaboration between muslim, jewish and christian scholars. www.zdf.de/video/dokus/...

zdf.deWege des Wissens: Von Córdoba nach Cambridge - Terra X Doku mit Harald LeschVon Córdoba, einer der Keimzellen des Goldenen Zeitalters der arabischen Wissenschaft, reist Harald Lesch über Fès, Istanbul und Venedig bis nach Cambridge.

Sarahnade but spooky

@sarahnademakes.bsky.social

14 Apr

Here's a link to the game! store.steampowered.com/app/3451680/...

store.steampowered.comSave 10% on The House of Hikmah on SteamThe House of Hikmah is a fully voice-acted, narrative-driven 3D adventure game exploring grief, legacy and the search for answers after profound loss. Solve puzzles, encounter historical scholars of t...

Alex R

@alexreid.org

12 Apr

@ramiismail.com I picked it up and played through most of it (?) this weekend after seeing your post, and it is absolutely refreshing and beautiful. And it's really nice to have a full Arabic dub as well – I don't speak it, but it's good to hear the historical figures represented speaking in […]

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Stefan J?

@sjonsson.bsky.social

12 Apr

Finally!! True historical scholars (not me) know that it was not the book burning Christian crusaders who made sure science was kept and developed for the longest time! 100% gonna play this! 🥳 (Also no I don't dislike Christians. But you know, I like to pay credit when it's due)

AlanWithTea || The Indie Ocean

@alanwithtea.bsky.social

13 Apr

So much stuff, both big and small, that's taken for granted in the modern west actually comes from the Middle East originally. A couple that come to mind right now are dried pasta and the foundations of modern medicine (which came to Europe in the middle ages via the medical school at Salerno)

AlanWithTea || The Indie Ocean

@alanwithtea.bsky.social

13 Apr

Also, a lot of classical Greek texts (all those influential philosophers) are only known today because they were preserved in Arabic libraries during the European backlash against ancient civilisations

AlanWithTea || The Indie Ocean

@alanwithtea.bsky.social

13 Apr

(Medieval history graduate who specialised in the cultural melting pot that was southern Italy during the 11th and 12th centuries, especially its connections to Arabic North Africa)