Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Nadir Nahdi runs the popular YouTube channel BENI, where he documents contemporary Muslim life around the world. Nadir comes from a tradition of thought and debate. His father, Fuad Nahdi, was a well-known journalist and satirist, as well as a giant in the UK Muslim community and a major figure in interfaith discussions.
Nadir talks about what he's learned from his parents, his mixed feelings about being called a social media influencer and the deeply personal journey he took to find his roots while the world watched in real time.
Learn more about This Being Human: agakhanmuseum.org/thisbeinghuman
Nadir Nahdi runs the popular YouTube channel BENI, where he documents contemporary Muslim life around the world. Nadir comes from a tradition of thought and debate. His father, Fuad Nahdi, was a well-known journalist and satirist, as well as a giant in the UK Muslim community and a major figure in interfaith discussions.
Nadir talks about what he's learned from his parents, his mixed feelings about being called a social media influencer and the deeply personal journey he took to find his roots while the world watched in real time.
Learn more about This Being Human: agakhanmuseum.org/thisbeinghuman
![Shezad Dawood | Night in the Garden of Love
“I was also really blown away by the fact that [Night in the Garden of Love] is written in a kind of musical tone. And that allowed me to think about how you took a book and made it an experience.”
Shezad Dawood, the artist behind our current special exhibition #NightInTheGardenOfLove, had known of Yusef Lateef since childhood, but it wasn’t until he was an adult that the full immersion into Lateef’s world began. In Dawood’s words, “it’s […] hard to say where Lateef ends and I begin.”
Learn more about the exhibition at agakhanmuseum.org/nightinthegardenoflove Shezad Dawood | Night in the Garden of Love](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9KCzDTmbujc/mqdefault.jpg)








![The Public Curates: Dr. Nurjehan Akbarali on the Canon of Medicine
For family physician Dr. Nurjehan Akbarali, The Canon of Medicine (Qanun [Fi’l-Tibb] of Ibn Sina), is a touchstone that takes her back to her days as a medical student. The five-volume encyclopedia, which dates back to around 1024, set the standard for Muslims and Europeans in the medical field for more than 500 years.The fifth volume on drugs and pharmaceuticals is part of our permanent Collection. As Dr. Akbarali notes in her video for the #MuseumWithoutWalls, the books brilliant author, Iranian physician-philosopher Ibn Sina, achieved significant advancements in his study of contagions and transmission, and laid the foundation for the quarantine measures that we are living through today.
To learn more about the object (accession number AKM510): agakhanmuseum.org/collection/artifact/qanun-fi-l-tibb-canon-medicine-volume-5-akm510
Bringing you online Museum experiences is part of our mission to connect cultures and promote understanding between peoples. To learn more about how you can support the Museum by making a donation or becoming a Friend or Patron, please visit: agakhanmuseum.org/support The Public Curates: Dr. Nurjehan Akbarali on the Canon of Medicine](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DBTNXtbmtsE/mqdefault.jpg)
