The Maurchives is an attempt to revive the intellect of Western Muslim communities through stimulating and well-researched content. It interweaves the knowledge of the classical Islamic tradition with issues of concern to contemporary society.

The Maurchives publishes on a variety of topics of concern to the community:

• African and African American History & Culture
• Islamic History, Philosophy, Jurisprudence, Spirituality, Intellectual History
• Arabic Language, Literature, Pedagogy
• Librarianship: Information Literacy, Archives, Classification of Knowledge
• Black Consciousness, Afrocentrism, Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism, Black Radicalism, Social Activism
• History of the U.S. & Africa
• Egyptology, Ancient Mystery Schools & Religious Philosophies of the Ancient World
• Educational Philosophy in Islam, the West, and Ancient World

The Maurchives was founded in 2016 as a blog for a graduate course in Archival science. It has since developed into a site for intellectual reflection, frequented by those who quest for knowledge that resonates, elevates, and liberates.

Who is Maurice Hines?

• Author, educator, librarian, and community servant.
• Master’s degree in Arab and Islamic Civilizations at the American University in Cairo ; thesis: Interpretatio Islamica and the Unraveling of the Ancient Sabian Mysteries.
• Master’s is in Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers from the Khartoum International Institute for Arabic Language in Sudan
• Master’s in Library and Information Science from North Carolina Central University.
• Arabic instructor at Elon University, Zaytuna College, and Arabic Project Director at Bennett College 2012 to 2014.
• Librarian and archivist, at the Southern Historical Collection (UNC- Chapel Hill), State of North Carolina Archives, and American University in Cairo.
• Author of Oral Histories for Muslim Communities, Thoughts from Sudan, and the Islam and the Ancient Mysteries series,

Since the start of the Maurchives, Maurice has dared to combat misinformation on the web about the topics he has researched in depth; taking on Afrocentrists, Moors, racist Arabs, the military industrial complex, and more. His written works have disrupted the algorithms and directed truth-seekers to deeper perspectives and verifiable sources of information. On top of that, his research into the Sabians has unsurfaced a repeating phenomenon in the history of religion that has gone under the radar for years; a matter explored in his Islam and the Ancient Mysteries series. Read, debate, and enjoy the thoughts shared on the blog and in his books. And be on the look out for Maur…

Contact Maurice Hines at maurchives@gmail.com.