Bite-Sized Philosophy

Amin Maalouf On Expanding Our Definition Of Prayer

“Only a man at peace with his Creator could find sleep in a place of worship.”

Photo credit: Criterion Babe. Claire’s Knee 1970, Éric Rohmer

In his stunning historical fiction Samarkand, Amin Maalouf crafts a historically-based story about Omar Kayyam during the time he was composing his famous Rubaiyat. Omar Kayyam was an…