tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764222404713156597.post3698358584935569374..comments2010-12-09T08:07:32.222-08:00Comments on Tabha's International Politics of the Middle East Blog: Public Sphere Coffee Housesnepaligurkhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08584860787944346506noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764222404713156597.post-30748256126849667352010-09-21T09:26:15.398-07:002010-09-21T09:26:15.398-07:00Yeah it would be pretty amazing to see what people...Yeah it would be pretty amazing to see what people in coffee houses discussed in Istanbul during the different periods of Ottoman history. When I first started reading about it I was shocked at how much of an impact coffee had on the Middle East. Actually there is another part of the story in which the Ulama discussed how mind altering coffee actually was. Sufi practices required the individual to stay up late and therefore one of the initial methods in which coffee spread was the use as stimulate for Sufis.nepaligurkhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584860787944346506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764222404713156597.post-86788369454506054502010-09-20T07:24:46.298-07:002010-09-20T07:24:46.298-07:00I have a book called The World that Trade Created ...I have a book called The World that Trade Created and there are multiple chapters in it dedicated to coffee and the impact it had on world trade. I also found it interesting to learn that it was first domesticated in Yemen. Your thoughts on coffee and coffee houses as places to exchange ideas that would not typically be welcome in other public sphere are interesting. The concept of coffee as subversive seems odd taken in today's context, but I guess it's true. What I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall of one of those 17th century coffee houses!Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04153632293449854179noreply@blogger.com