The West’s Eurocentric version of scientific history omits some of the most important events that shaped modern thinking.

Its detailed sand-hued façade – which graces older 500-dirham notes – mimics the architectural style of the medieval Fatimid period. Unlike most of Dubai's other mosques, non-Muslims are ...

Despite its diminutive size on the all-too-common world maps that use Mercator projection, Africa is the second-largest ...

Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events taking place this week from 23 to 29 April in Cairo.

“The Wadi Mujib formed the divide between the Byzantine provinces of Arabia and Palaestina Tertia and re-surfaced in the Fatimid period as the boundary between Al Maqdisi’s districts of ...

Documented history of a Jewish community in Egypt goes back to the end of the First Temple/beginning of the Second Temple period ... including the Hellenic and Fatimid ones.

"Unlike its ancient counterpart, the modern-day uprooting of Egyptian Jewry is not a tale of triumph but of tragedy," the report claimed.

The volatile Caliph al-Hakim of the Fatimid dynasty confiscated Christian goods, excluded Christians from public life and destroyed monasteries; the Kurdish warlord Saladin defeated the European ...

Highlighting the history of the Fatimid dynasty across North Africa, Egypt, Sicily, Syria, Palestine and Arabia, this examines its cultural and artistic achievements, and its legacy, including the ...