In this introductory essay, I investigate these connections both by analyzing Omar’s text and by exploring the influence of the network of contemporary “editors” and translators who worked on …

Praise be to Allah, and prayers and peace be upon the Prophet Mohammad and his sanctified and dedicated Companions, as well as all their followers till the Day of Judgment. This is the third issue …

Omar ibn Said was an educated Muslim African born about 1770 in Futa Toro (modern Senegal), captured at age 37 and brought to South Carolina to be sold. He remained enslaved until his death in …

One of those legendary figures was Omar Nelson Bradley, General of the Army and the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Bradley was a product of the American interwar Army, an...

General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley served as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and he played a significant role during the Korean War. Bradley served as the senior military advisor to …

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $250,000 for information leading to the arrest of Omar Alexander Cardenas. Cardenas often has a beard and wears prescription glasses.

Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst, I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar ibn Said’s America (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2023).