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Lorsque le monde parlait arabe (2001)

Lorsque le monde parlait arabe poster
Directed by
Philippe Calderon
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This is a documentary about the history of the Arab world. It covers Arab cultures, sciences, and the unifying role of Islam, from the rise of the empire to the translation and development of Greek and Roman knowledge by caliphs and scholars. The film ends by asking why the Arab Muslim world was unable to renew itself.

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What happens

Lorsque le monde parlait arabe est un film documentaire conçu et écrit par Mahmoud Hussein, réalisé par Philippe Calderon en 2001. Le film relate l'histoire des arabes, leurs cultures, sciences et le rôle de l'islam religion unificatrice des tribus jusqu'à la naissance et le développement de l'empire, puis du rôle qu’ont joué les khalifes et les scientifiques pour traduire et développer les sciences grecques et romaines. Le film se termine par une interrogation pourquoi le monde arabo-musulman n'a pas su se renouveler ? (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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