Hi! I'm here! I'm a professor of Islamic Art at UT Austin, president of Middle East Medievalists, formerly known as AUTHOR OF THE CITIZEN KANE OF ISLAM-CENTRIC CAT-THEMED TWITTER THREADS

Follow me if you like art, archaeology, cultural heritage, architectural history, medievally stuff, critiques of medievally stuff, should we actually call Islamic stuff medieval, should we OH! CATS! MEDIEVAL AND OTHERWISE!, history in games and television, and sundry other passing fascinations and obsessions

Academic kitty says sources or it didn't happen: https://twitter.com/stephenniem/status/1189245496512143360
Dr. Stephennie Mulder on Twitter

“Cats hold a revered place within Islam. A popular tale about the Prophet Muhammed (often wrongly attributed to the hadith) says that the Prophet cut his cloak rather than making a sleeping cat move. Detail of the Blacas Ewer #Mosul, Iraq, 1232 @britishmuseum #NationalCatDay”

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@whanley You too! Sort of getting the hang of it...