Up to 17 million people have passed through the slave trade in the Muslim world since the 7th century. Tragically, the ...

Rather like the moods in the French and the British camps on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt as sketched in Shakespeare’s history play, Henry V, Israel and Iran offer two distinct civilizational ...

The U.S. News and World Report recently released the 2025-2026 ranking of Universities across the globe and the African ...

Original Fatimid wall possibly uncovered in Old Cairo's Gamaliya Nevine El-Aref , Wednesday 2 Sep 2015 Studies will confirm whether the brickwork dates back to the Fatimid Caliphate ...

PERHAPS the history of Islam is incomplete without a mention of Egypt. This is an ancient country that has pioneered world civilisation in all ramifications. Over a span of 50 centuries, the banks of ...

The Grand Imam of Al Azhar Mosque called for journalists to focus on the Palestinian cause, citing the historical responsibility that Arab media bears ...

To avoid the wrath of the Fatimid caliph in Egypt, Ibn al-Haytham supposedly feigned madness and was placed under house arrest, giving him time to focus on optics.

With Israel's move into the Golan Heights demilitarized zone and southern Syria following the collapse of al-Assad's regime, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must heed the calls of Druze in Syria ...

The tradition of the fanoos is believed to have originated in Egypt during the Fatimid Caliphate, when residents of Cairo greeted the caliph at the start of Ramadan with lanterns in hand.

The Nizari Ismaili sect’s roots go back to another succession dispute within the Fatimid empire. Their connection with India may go back to trade along India’s western coast. However, the more ...

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Historically, Egypt was the centre of the Fatimid Caliphate, governed by Ismaili Imams during the 10th and 11th centuries. The Fatimid Imam-Caliphs founded Cairo, which became a significant centre ...