005: Early History of Islam in Gaza

In this episode we cover:

• Hashim and the merchants of Quraysh in Gaza
• Gaza in the margins of the Prophet ﷺ’s life
• The Muslim conquest of Gaza
• Imam al-Shafiʿi and early Muslim scholarship in Gaza
• Jews and Christians under early Muslim rule in Gaza
• Was the gauze really invented in Gaza?
• Gaza in the time of the Crusades and Salah ud-Din