How Often Do Muslims Think of the Roman Empire?
Mansoor Dahri HISTORY•ROME 28th September 2023 1 Comment 3 Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay One of TikTok’s latest trends in September 2023 is for women to ask the men in […]
Trump’s disgrace in the Middle East is the death of an empire. Vladimir Putin is Caesar now
Source: Independent By Robert Fisk In days gone by, I used to compare the Trump presidency with the Arab dictatorships. He took preposterous pleasure in the company of Egypt’s Sisi […]
Hagia Sophia: Shrine of 2 Empires
Source: Daily Sabah By Ihsan Aktas Napoleon Bonaparte once said: “If the earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.” Besides its geographical beauty and geostrategic position, Istanbul […]
What should be done in the Middle East? Ask the Romans
The more you travel, the more you realise the obvious, says Robert Fisk: globalisation is nothing new. To fix today’s crises, we must look at the fall of the world’s […]
A view from Turkey: Destructive power of the West
İHSAN AKTAŞ @ihsanaktas Published January 25, 2019 Until the end of the Cold War, there had apparently been a critique of Western civilization. Although the controversy between the Western and […]
Learning the art of mosaic-making at Zeugma Mosaic Museum, southeast Turkey
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published November 2, 2017 A student of Gaziantep, Turkey’s mosaic course imitates the style of an ancient mosaic on display at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum (AA Photo) […]