In 1258, the Mongol Empire unleashed one of the most devastating sieges in history, bringing down the heart of the Islamic ...

Created by an exceptional agreement between the governments of Abu Dhabi and France, Louvre Abu Dhabi was designed by Jean ...

The previous articles centered on the origins of Shiite Islam and its political history to examine the Shiite basis for ...

Nearly 13,000 visit the exhibition honouring Muslim pioneers of travel and science ...

PHOTO: ATLANTIC BOOKS In Song China, trade and cultural exchange drove technologies that Europe would not see for centuries. But when paranoia and conservatism took hold, progress ground to a halt.

The Bayt al-Hikma (House of Wisdom) in Abbasid Baghdad, deeply influenced by Persian scholarship, became the template for later European institutions.

By 4 a.m ., a breeze had begun to blow across the stadium near the center of Baghdad, but Qaid al-Sheikhli was still sweating ...

Spotting a rare foreigner in the southern Syrian city of Nawa, Khalil approaches with a business proposal: bring him a “very ...