Today’s poets keep the ghazal alive around the world—preserving the form as a vessel for self-expression, a tool for activism, and as a bridge to each other and the places the…
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Contemporary and historical depictions of Jesus Christ have disconnected many from understanding the Middle Eastern origins of Christianity’s key figure. Yet, it is by traveli…
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The medieval intellectual Ibn Arabi often divided his contemporaries with his complex, controversial ideas. Today, the Muslim and Western worlds alike celebrate him as one of…
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Many Western scholars have trumpeted Ibn Rushd as one of the greatest philosophers of the Islamic Golden Age. Ibn Rushd, often called “Averroes,” also made a lesser-known cont…
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In contrast to much of the world, cats have become the pets of choice in Morocco and dominate popular culture. The reason stems from Islamic beliefs, which have generated a ve…
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At one point in time, Oriental dancing was seen as a form of art in major cities across the Arab World. That was before conservative clerics crept in, equating it with nudity…
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