Food historian Mennat-Allah Al-Dorry explains the origins of Egyptian Lent and Easter recipes and their place in the wider ...

The Story of a Museum” is a special exhibition relating the story of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC). The ...

Photographer Nour El Massry captures ethereal images of Egyptian landscapes, interiors and architecture in one of the world's ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login This book investigates the ways in which a medieval Islamic movement harnessed Quranic visions of utopia to construct one of the most ...

Dennis Romano, an emeritus professor at Syracuse University in New York, embarked on this new history of the city with the notion that “deromanticising Venice does not strip it of its power. It makes ...

Mahdia, Tunisia's beautiful seaside town has it all. Read more to find all the things to do in Mahdia including the bustling ...

In awarding the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, Ali Bin Tamim, secretary general of the awards, tasked the ...

India’s nominal GDP is set to hit USD 4 trillion in 2024-25. With Japan’s economy now valued at USD 4.1 trillion — reflecting ...

The medieval recasting of a perfume bottle to create a reliquary was similarly executed elsewhere, exemplified by the small Fatimid flask housed at the British Museum. (4) Unlike the Fatimid Flask ...

His research has explored the history and development of the minaret, the history of paper, and the art of the Fatimid dynasty in North Africa and Egypt. He has written several books with Sheila S.

Its detailed white façade – which graces the 500-dirham note – mimics the architectural style of the medieval Fatimid period. Unlike Dubai's other mosques, non-Muslims are invited inside to ...