TEHRAN — The advertising on the dry cleaner’s window said much about the conflicted identity of this nation where winged gods and glorious battles of ancient Persian kings are balanced against ...
KABUL, Afghanistan — Despite pleas from an outraged world, Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban has destroyed most of the ancient relics from the nation’s pre-Islamic past, including parts of two towering ...
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is preserving pre-Islamic heritage sites, like a date palm oasis from the Stone Age, in a break with the austere strain of Sunni Islam that has dominated the country ...
WONOTIRTO, Indonesia (RNS) — In this small village in Central Java, the end of Ramadan is an auspicious time to honor one's ancestors in a festival called Haul. The celebration is a mix of Islam, ...
SINIYAH ISLAND, United Arab EmiratesSINIYAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates — An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has ...
The Enduring Significance of the Iranian World in the First Millennium CE : Transformation and Continuity / D.G. Tor. Part 1. Iranian Central Asia in Late Antiquity. Types of town planning in ancient ...
An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, ...
Chair, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University But they’re also increasingly turning to poetry: with its rich vocabulary, the Arabic language lends itself easily to rhyme ...
Sheikh Majid bin Saud Al Mualla, chairman of the Umm Al Quwain Department of Tourism and Archaeology, front right, explains to Noura Al Kaabi, UAE Minister of Culture and Youth, during a visit of the ...
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