10 Ottoman Myths Debunked with Dr Yakoob Ahmed
The Thinking Muslim
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The Importance of Water in Ottoman Culture
In Ottoman history, we noticed this, they have a Arab culture. It's called Adam washerd, or Mwashiret which is his idea that there's a particular Adam that should be understood by political authority. An ethic or an etiquette. So Adam is not simply good manners. The understanding of Adam would be that everything has to be in his rightful place. Water is something we do with all, or abtest in Turkish, you see. Water gives us life. Now when you holistically understand all the value that water gives you in terms of insanity, then your relationship with water changes in the way that you interact with it. In my parents, they wouldn't allow us
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