A Tale of Two Cities In the grand historical narrative of the Islamic world, two cities have stood out as dominant forces: ...

The graduate program in Middle Eastern Studies offers an interdepartmental, interdisciplinary curriculum designed for students who wish to acquire a broad background in Middle Eastern history, ...

With a solid training in language, political theory and praxis, history, economics ... to major in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies must take the core course in Islamic civilization (IMES 104a) and ...

The foundations of Iran tie into its long and rich religious history ... of the Persian civilization. There's an element of ...

Saint Louis Art Museum Photograph by Bridgeman/ACI A specialist in Islamic History, Víctor Pallejà de Bustinza is an Associate Professor of Humanities at the Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona ...

In the ancient city of Fez, Morocco's oldest museum has reopened its doors allowing visitors to see Islamic arts and ...

The Eurocentric concept of the “Dark Ages” has often obscured the rich, diverse, and sophisticated developments in Africa.

we have looked at history of Islam and interviewed Dr Ehsan Azari who is a writer and also teaches at the Sydney University. He has researched on Islam and the western civilization. You can listen ...

Al-Khwarizmi created writings on decimals, fractions and algebra. This great era in Islamic history is known as The Abbasid Dynasty. It was a time of growth and change and the round city of ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...