BYJEAN BATOU For half a millennium, modern-day Spain was mostly ruled by Muslim kingdoms that presided over an extraordinary cultural experiment. The key to understanding Al-Andalus lies in its unorthodox […]
Tracing the continent’s Islamic past, from Cordoba to Sofia and Budapest The interior at Banya Bashi mosque in Sofia. All photos: Ronan O’Connell for The National Ronan O’Connell Dec 02, […]
By AFP – Dec 19,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Funeral workers carry the body of a migrant at the beach of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on May 20, 2021 (AFP photo) BARCELONA […]
(Image credit: Chris Griffiths/Getty Images) By Joe Baur16th December 2022 Fried foods are the norm when celebrating Hanukkah, and the Sephardic “isfenğ” is no exception, packed with as much history as […]
Teacher Orwa Skafe, who fled Syria seven years ago, is among those given jobs and a home in attempt to revive rural areas Stephen Burgen in BarcelonaSun 11 Dec 2022 It’s […]
Spain was the first European country to colonize what today is North and South America, and the Spanish approach to the region came from several directions. One was from the Caribbean […]
Indonesia’s second-largest Muslim organisation Muhammadiyah plans to buy and convert a church in Spain’s AlcalaAnalysts say the purchase likely hopes to outcompete rival group Nahdlatul Ulama’s influence overseas. NU is Indonesia’s largest Islamic organisation with over 90 million members, more than Muhammadiyah’s 60 million Resty Woro Yuniar Muhammadiyah plans to […]
In Search of a Lost Spain In the southern part of the country, churches and streets hold the remnants of eight centuries of Islamic rule. The ceiling of the Hall […]
Breadcrumb Inigo Alexander 14 December, 2021 While armchair enthusiasts of European history are well aware of southern Spain’s Islamic history, most are unaware that Madrid, Spain’s current capital, once had […]
(Image credit: Kira Walker) By Kira Walker 12th October 2022 An ancient Moorish invention has been providing water to the Sierra Nevada mountains for more than 1,000 years, making life possible […]
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA SEP 22, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Protestors hold placards during a demonstration against islamophobia, in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. The placard on the left reads: “Let […]
OPINION By Tharik Hussain ‘Muslims have been Europeans for almost 14 centuries – longer than white people have been Americans, and still if I mention “Muslim Europe”, people remain sceptical’ August […]
1. The Spanish occupation by the Moors began in 711 AD when an African army, under their leader Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from northern Africa and invaded […]
Fatima Hamed Hossain’s outspokenness against a rising Spanish far right in Ceuta has turned her into a national symbol in the fight against hate speech and inequality “You can’t measure […]
NEWS MAGAZINE 5 MAY 2020 The translations of Al Zahrawi’s work on surgeries were taught in European universities for several centuries. Abu al Qasim al Zahrawi was a man ahead […]
By AFP – Mar 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants climb a ledge along a mountain path after an attempted assault on the border fence separating Morocco from Spain’s North African Melilla, near […]
The pact was made public after the meeting between Pedro Sánchez and the president of the Episcopal Conference. It does not include large temples that it registered between 1998 and […]
Journal Information Arabica includes studies, documents and notes on the language, literature, history and civilization of the Arab world, with emphasis on multidisciplinary studies and contemporary problems concerning Arab societies. […]
RANVIR S. NAYAR December 28, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/vtune More than 160 migrants died when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya this month as they were trying to […]
Last updated: September 29, 2017 Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedinShare on Pinterest Dominic Nguyen Dominic is one of Sydney’s leading property lawyers with over 10 years experience in […]