From coffee to chess: How East shaped everyday European life
by Gizem Daver Rome May 07, 2026 – DAILY SABAH A Turkish coffee concept featuring a cup of coffee with coffee beans arranged on a wooden background. (Shutterstock Photo) From Arabic […]
Muslims Said it First: ‘Checkmate’
By Mansoor Dahri; HISTORY • LANGUAGES Mansoor Dahri, UK There are dozens of ordinary ‘English’ words that originally came from languages historically associated with Islam, such as Arabic, Persian and Urdu. Each […]
The age-old war between Muslim clerics and chess-players
A chess board and unemptied ashtrays in an abandoned house in the near-deserted and heavily bombed village of Yaroun in southern Lebanon on Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) The top religious cleric in Saudi Arabia denounced the sport of chess, declaring it “a waste of time” and reiterating […]
West’s poker face at Middle Eastern grand chessboard
by Adrian Salbuchi for RT The planned neo-colonial takeover of the Middle East is gearing up. As the heat rises, the West finds it increasingly difficult to proceed with its […]