David DiMeo is an associate professor and director of the Arabic program at Western Kentucky University and has taught Arabic for over twenty years. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and an MA from Princeton University. He is the author of Taha Hussein's The Days: A Guided Study for Arabic Learners (AUC Press, 2022) and co-author of The Travels of Ibn Battuta: A Guided Arabic Reader (AUC Press, 2016). He hosts the podcast The Golden Age of Islam.

Inas Hassan has a PhD and an MA in Arabic linguistics from Alexandria University in Egypt and is assistant teaching professor and coordinator of the Arabic program at Loyola University Maryland. She is co-author of The Travels of Ibn Battuta: A Guided Arabic Reader (AUC Press, 2016).

Introduction
Lesson One: Biography of the Prophet-Ma'mar Ibn Rashid
Lesson Two: Adab-Al-Jahiz
Lesson Three: Philosophy-Al-Kindi
Lesson Four: Ethnicity in Islam-Ibn Qutayba
Lesson Five: Government and Leadership-Ibn 'Abd Rabbih
Lesson Six: Anthropology and Religion-Al-Biruni
Lesson Seven: Education-Ibn Sina
Lesson Eight: Religion vs. Philosophy I-Al-Ghazali
Lesson Nine: Religion vs. Philosophy II-Ibn Rushd
Lesson Ten: Impressions of Europeans-Usama Ibn Munqidh
Lesson Eleven: Women in the Caliphal Court-Ibn al-Sa'i
Lesson Twelve: Travel Literature-Ibn Battuta
Lesson Thirteen: History-Ibn Khaldun
Lesson Fourteen: Popular Storytelling-The Arabian Nights
Lesson Fifteen: Fantasy and Adventure-Sindbad the Sailor
Lesson Sixteen: Moral Literature-Ibn al-Muqaffa
Lesson Seventeen: The Maqamat-Al-Hariri
Lesson Eighteen: Philosophical Novel-Ibn Tufayl
Lesson Nineteen: Satire-Abu Al-'Alaa' al-Ma'arri
Lesson Twenty: Animal Rights-Ikhwan al-Safa'
Glossary of Vocabulary Terms
Resources for Further Study