The organisers of the Islamic Arts Biennale have ceased trying to define Islamic art in favour of encouraging full expression ...

Whether due to natural disasters or thanks to the destructive tendencies of mankind, these iconic cultural touchstones no ...

High in the mountains of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region lies Amedi, a stunning fortress town that seems frozen in time.

Representing a united heritage and respect for the collective history of our world, this is how to visit all seven modern ...

The Umayyad era was a critical period in the development of Islamic ... architecture. Elements of Byzantine and Persian building styles merged with new forms to influence impressive new monuments, ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017 MOSUL, Iraq ...