After a $10-million restoration project that lasted 8 years, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt officially…
Tag: Fatimids
The countdown has begun for a reopening of Cairo’s Museum of Islamic Art, which has…
Al-Azhar (The Luminous) was constructed as the central grand-mosque for Cairo by al-Qaid Jawhar al-Siqillí…
The beauty of this book is that Heinz Halm uses multiple sources and works of…
Gift presented by Dr. Shafik Sachedina on behalf of the UK Jamat to His Highness…
Northern gates of Fatimid Cairo on Flickr – Courtesy sdhaddow’s photostream.
Dinars and half-dinars, mostly minted in the 1080s and 1090s, but some date back as…
The new decade has set off to a good start with excavations yielding valuable finds…
I.B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies By Dr Shainool Jiwa Al-Muʿizz…
Institute of Ismaili studies publishes an Account of Imam-Caliph al-Mu‘izz’s Reign The latest IIS publication,…
In the Arab World, the sweet pastry known as kahk represents an integral part of…
Giovanna Montalbetti examines the origins, and wonder, of the Ramadan lantern –excerpt– ….Egyptian historian Al-Maqrizi,…
An Iranian evening with Rodaki and Iqbal June 24, 2009 | By our correspondent |…
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