RIFLE RANGE BOY

We are Lady Parts (Season1, E1-6; 2021) Written and Directed: Nida Mansoor Early Western philosophers used to look down on music and musical instruments. They considered it a lower-class activity. Nevertheless, they appreciated the harmonics and mathematical intervals that were needed to make music. Al-Kindi and other Islamic scholars also included harmonics and music in their curriculum. The 4-stringed oud was a popular instrument during the Golden Age of Islam. They realised there was a close relationship between poems and music and  their emotional effect on the soul. Al Farabi, the philosophical giant of Islamic Civilisation, often referred to as the Second Teacher (after Aristotle), wrote about music therapy and the therapeutic effect of music on the soul.  A Moor and a Christian playing lute together in 13th-century Spain One can easily imagine a young villager from Western Europe, the remnant of the Western Roman Empire, which in the 11th century was experiencing the Da...

During our first meeting ( majlis ), we, the Hutchings group, discussed about too many things. One of the things we did discuss is about djinns and angels. Perhaps, people who dwell in the business of healing probably knew more than we think they know. That they knew many things about microbiology and even psychiatry. Perhaps, their nomenclature and their explanation differ much from our understanding of etiology and pathogenesis of disease processes. Surprise, surprise! Just the other day, there was a podcast on antibiotics and the discussion on how new antibiotics are rendered worthless within a year or so after it is marketed as the next wonder drug! Incidentally, two microbiologists, who took greatest interest in Old English games, dressing and language stumbled upon old scriptures written by an alchemist or healer in medieval times. He had written a book on his collection of 'wonder cures'. After translating the text and preparing meticulously a concoction using si...