The iconic Bayswater bookstore’s story is one that was intertwined with Britain’s Arab diaspora over four decades.
Since 1978, Al Saqi Books has been a mainstay of Arabic culture, often publishing books censored in the Middle East and becoming a safe haven for those escaping conflict.
For more than 60 years, the Turkish science historian searched libraries around the world, creating a comprehensive bibliography of almost every known text on Muslim-Arabic sciences, most of which is borrowed and yet overlooked by the West.
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