The Sun of Allah shines on the west according to Sigrid Hunke:

A tribute is paid to the contribution of Islamic civilization to the development of science and technology in the West in this book which reads like a novel.

While Europe was struggling in a Middle Ages of conflicts and deadlocks, the Arab world was the scene of an admirable civilization based on economic, intellectual and spiritual exchanges. In all the mathematical disciplines, astronomy, medicine, architecture, music and poetry, the Arabs multiplied the prodigious achievements.

Passing through Italy, Sicily, Spain and other territories subject to Arab domination or influence, through the intermediary of the great princes, such as Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, or through the channel of many travelers (traders, pilgrims, crusaders, students), the achievements of this prestigious civilization gradually spread to a large part of Europe, where they played a decisive role in the emergence of Western civilization.

Sigrid Hunke paints a striking picture of this encounter between East and West. The decisive influence of the Arab civilization influence too often ignored, if not openly contested is finally brought to light.

This book consists of seven major parts and several subparts.

Here are a few:

• The everyday seasoning.
• The universal written numeration.
• The sky above our heads.
• The hands that heal.
• The swords of the mind.
• A link between East and West.
• Andalusian arabesques.