The Sacred is in Relatedness: Arabia-Asia as a Geography of Friendship

𝗜𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘂𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 "𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀" 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲, 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧 (Partial) The lecture explores geographical imaginaries not through coordinates or borders, but through bonds of affection, patronage, reciprocity, and care. The circulation of friends, the memory of their presence, and the ethical obligations they generate inscribe land/seascapes with meaning. Through this lens, Arabia-Asia emerges not simply as a space of mobility, but as a moral world shaped by remembrance, hospitality, protection, prayer, and blessing. ────────────────── For the abstract in full, please visit: https://ari.nus.edu.sg/events/2025120...