After five centuries of brilliance, the Abbasid Caliphate met its end in 1258, when Mongol armies stormed Baghdad. The city ...

Syrian Alawites speak on massacres, persecution, and hopes for federalism amid Syria’s collapse and international silence.

AlUla cultural tourism is flourishing, with the ancient oasis city in Saudi Arabia recently securing three prestigious World ...

The northern Iranian province of Mazandaran, known for its scenic beauty, is also a major religious tourism hub, home to a ...

Out of rebellion and faith rose the Abbasid Caliphate, a dynasty that transformed the Islamic world into a powerhouse of ...

AI challenges traditional literacy and scholarly roles but cannot replicate human creativity in asking novel questions, which ...

Without the scholars of the Islamic Golden Age, who translated Ancient Greek, it is likely that ancient knowledge would now ...

Few contemporary Indian authors have reshaped the way readers engage with history and mythology quite like Amish Tripathi. With more than 8 million copies of his books sold in over 20 languages, ...

Ubisoft has reportedly turned an Assassin's Creed Valhalla expansion featuring Basim into its own standalone game that is expected to release either this year or in 2023. Bloomberg reports that people ...

Today, Nigeria is the deadliest country in the world for being a Christian. If Islamic terrorism there continues unchecked, it could become a global threat. Since the beginning of 2025, the ...

Tucked away in an obscure chapter of medieval history, the Zanj rebellion, which raged between 869 to 883 AD, originating in the city of Basra in present-day Iraq, remains relatively unknown to the ...

Peter J. Brown/The Conservative Written accounts tell the story of the Zanj rebellion – a slave revolt that took place in the late 9th century in southern Iraq. Some of the rebels were enslaved ...