Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...

IN ARABIC, qaseeda means a panegyric ode and ‘burda’ means a shawl-like fabric worn over the shoulders, a mantle. Qaseeda ...

Thus, in 21th century United States most Christians, Jews, and Muslims have rejected the zero sum mind set and believe in the Qur’an’s pluralism teachings. Only those who reject God by disbelief or by ...

A Swiss collector asserts that a sword in his collection, previously believed to be a replica, has been verified as the ...

Heritage Music of the Arab World' is a new series by Ahram Online, in partnership with the AMAR F (F For Arab Music Archiving ...

It should be remembered that both Usman Dan Fodio and his son (Muhammad Bello ... Without understanding Arabic language, it is impossible to comprehend any literature written in Arabic, be ...

Culture is the total way of life of a people as it manifests in their cuisine, dress, belief, world view, language, leisure, ...

The Canaanites were there before the Jews who escaped from Egypt, and the Philistines arrived. They all built cities with stone walls. They worked–bronze and copper in hot fires. They farmed and ...

Muhammad ibn Sirin, working in what is today Iraq, composed a great Arabic work ... was Oneirocritica—The Interpretation of Dreams—written by the Greek author Artemidorus Daldianus some ...

Pakistan - its people and the succession of leaders that have governed the country over the last almost eighty years -- can take pride in the fact that the country is unique in one important aspect in ...

Had he written of nature ... Sometimes Hazleton’s frothy embroideries wreak havoc on Arabic grammar, on which she clearly has a shaky hold: pilgrims to Mecca, in Muhammad’s time as now, do not exclaim ...