Now an assistant professor and director of Bryn Mawr College’s Middle Eastern, Central Asian and North African Studies ...

Emine Fetvaci, a prominent scholar and accomplished teacher whose research areas include the arts of the book in the Islamic world, and Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid art and architecture, has been ...

With world-class museums, action-packed theme parks, and alluring sand dunes, this Middle Eastern hub is the perfect place ...

The recent controversy surrounding the 17th-century Mughal ruler Aurangzeb is a vivid example of how intensely history can be contested, both in the popular domain and among professional historians, ...

North India's landscape is adorned with extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage Sites that showcase the region's remarkable ...

When Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visited Bayana in the 14th century, he found it as a thriving urban centre.

One of the Seven Wonders of the World, this white marble mausoleum was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. A group of Hindu and Jain temples famous for their ...

How did Gothic art influence the modernists? An exhibition in Norway explores how artists like Dürer and Hans Holbein's ...

The major world religions emerged between approximately 600 BCE and 611 CE, with Judaism being the first, followed by Christianity and concluding with Islam, ...

It shouldn't be too surprising that architectural concepts were traveling around the globe long before the online spread of information. While many regions share certain historical events and ...

A young couple watch the sunset over Chitgar Lake in Tehran. Arne Immanuel Bänsch/dpa ...

Islamic date today in Pakistan is calculated as per the lunar-based calendar which consists of 12 Lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. A Muslim must know the exact Islamic date today or chand ki ...