The Republic of Arabic Letters: Islam and the European Enlightenment. By Alexander Bevilacqua. Belknap Press; 360 pages; $35.00; £25.95 IN THE Muslim world, compilations of geography or history were ...

Writer and broadcaster Robert Irwin is the author of The Alhambra, recently published by Profile. He is also the author of The Arabian Nights: A Companion and The Desert: An Anthology of Classical ...

Fuat Sezgin is one of the world's most prominent historians of science and technology in the Muslim world. The 80-year-old Turkish professor is the director of the Institute for the History of ...

The Sheikh Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Centre of the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs has inaugurated a series of books on Arabic for non-Arabic speakers, as part of the ...

For four years historic Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Syracuse, New York, stood empty – the victim of changing demographics and declining enrollment. In 2014, the church was sold to a Muslim group ...

Doha: The Doha Arabic Book Award organized Tuesday a symposium on the legacy and prospects of Arabic books, in collaboration with Qatar University (QU)'s Department of Arabic Language. The symposium ...

The winners of the second edition of the Arabic Book Award were honoured during a ceremony held at the Kempinski Pearl Hotel on Saturday, attended by HE Minister of Education and Higher Education ...

The ethical values of Islam are universal. The immortal ethical values of Thirukkural have similar principles and guidance for all human beings. Written more than 2,000 years ago, Thirukkural is still ...

Orientalism fades as a description, though the science stays strong One may ask does orientalism deserve intensive efforts to study books written by orientalists and open a dialogue with them? Of ...

Project marks first global contribution to preserving the library’s ‘invaluable’ assets His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah ...