Miswak (chewing stick): a cultural and scientific heritage (1999)

السواك ⁦(عود المضغ)⁩: تراث ثقافي وعلمي (1999)

An abstract of a Saudi Dental Journal review on miswak and chewing sticks; it reports use in Babylonia about 7,000 years ago and later among Greeks, Romans, ancient Egyptians and Muslims.

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islam.museum contributors. “Miswak (chewing stick): a cultural and scientific heritage (1999)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/source/al-sadhan-miswak-1999/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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