The first day of the month of Muharram in Islam’s year 1400 – or November 20, 1979, according to the Gregorian calendar – marked a major turning point in the Arab world. It wa…
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Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature. In his provocative novel “Children of the Alley,” Mahfouz weaves the…
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“A visionary who has profound respect for the past, Adonis has articulated his cherished themes of identity, memory, and exile in achingly beautiful verse, while his work as a…
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Modern Standard Arabic is rarely spoken in Arab countries, aside from a few highly formal contexts. Vernacular Arabic – the spoken dialects – are used for almost all other spo…
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Abu Abdallah Ibn Battuta, a native of Tangier, Morocco, was one of the greatest travelers of pre-modern times.
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Libya’s rival factions held a summit in Paris on March 29, 2018, in an effort to end the seven years of instability and strife that have followed former Libyan leader Moammar…
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