Feature: Who Was the Real Queen Zenobia?

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Presenter: Rami Abou Khalil

Delivered: NYC on February 28, 2016

In this afikra feature, Rami Abou Khalil explores the story of Queen Zenobia and provides a historical and political background in order to further understand the Queen in her full political and social identity during the time.

Sources & Future References

• Homage to Zenobia | The New Yorker

• Zenobia: Empress of the East

• Chapter 11 of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

• Historia Augusta • The Life of Aurelian (Part 2)

Note: All community presentations are prepared & presented by non-experts on the subject. They are sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in that subject.

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