Throughout the MENA region, once-mighty capitals shaped empires and cultures before being overshadowed by new power centers.

Canada’s Minister of International Development, Ahmed Hussen, unveiled $272.1 million in new funding on Sunday for foreign aid projects in Bangladesh and the Indo-Pacific region. “Canada ...

Members of the rally titled ‘March for Khilafat’, demanding the establishment of an Islamic caliphate in the country, clashed with the police who used batons and stun grenades to stop the procession.

Brutalist architecture, known for its raw concrete, geometric forms and imposing presence, has gained a renewed interest in the modern age of social media and more recently through the film The ...

When he fled from his mayors of the palace and became a shadow in Egypt, that pretension was maintained and was assumed by the Turkish Sultan Selim, when in 1517 he took the Caliphate from the hands ...

The famous ‘Tab Tabi Tab’ audio traces back to a legendary Arab poet from the Abbasid era named Al-Asma'i. According to historical accounts, Caliph Al-Mansur of the 8th century was known for ...

Through his architecture, respite and openness find space within dense urban environments, inviting diverse users to partake in the spectacle of everyday life. Attention to cultural, historical ...

Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from the late 12th to the 16th century. It evolved from its heavier ...

A massive political row erupted in West Bengal over a holiday notification in Hindi-medium KMCP schools, with BJP slamming the Mamata Banerjee-led state government, calling it the “Islamic Caliphate".

The Cite Radieuse was just the beginning. Well into the 1970s, brutalist architecture dominated new construction worldwide. Concrete was affordable, and the unadorned forms meant a relatively ...