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

I think that no Egyptian intellectuals in the early 20th century wanted to destroy their culture and values. However, many of ...

Cairo’s Arabic name, Al-Qahirah, translates to “The Conqueror” or “The Vanquisher.” The Fatimid general Jawhar al-Siqilli ...

Since its founding in 969 AD by the Fatimid Caliphate, Cairo has been a city shaped as much by its walls and gates as by the people who passed through them. These gates weren’t just military ...

The Persians burned the church in the 600s A.D., while it was attacked and severely damaged under the sixth Fatimid caliph, Al-Hakim, in the 11th century. During the Crusader period, the church was ...

Known for his small drum and unique voice, El Mesaharaty is usually a man, though female Mesaharaty were also famous during Ahmad Ibn Tulun's rule in Egypt. At the time, a woman with a beautiful voice ...

the fourth Fatimid caliph, upon his arrival in Cairo. However, no definitive historical references link qatayef directly to Ramadan. Regardless of the link and its exact beginnings, qatayef has firmly ...

Days after US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was condemned for her ‘Islamist caliphate’ remarks, the United States was asked to clarify on it but it pointed to Bangladesh on ...

The Bangladesh interim government, headed by chief advisor Muhammad Yunus, had expressed deep concern over Gabbard's remarks on an “Islamist caliphate,” and said that her remark are both “mi ...

She asserted that violence against minorities in Bangladesh, along with the threat posed by Islamist extremists, stems from an “ideology and objective to rule and govern with an Islamist Caliphate”.

Earlier, Tulsi Gabbard said that the violence against minorities in Bangladesh was rooted in the “ideology and objective to rule and govern with an Islamist Caliphate". Objecting to this, Bangladesh ...