Art has always been a powerful medium for expressing the complexities of life, faith, and culture. It transcended boundaries, ...

Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer Rubab Zahra is a calligraphy practitioner and an abstract artist who works in a contemporary ...

Due to the iconic designs and the quality of materials used in creating the Kiswa, it is considered one of the most sacred objects in Islamic art, ritual, and worship. Some items in the exhibition ...

As the sacred month of Ramadan unfolds, Muslims around the world find themselves twenty days into this period of reflection ...

Professor of art history Kathryn Moore organized a virtual conference on Webex about the sacred art and spaces of Jerusalem featuring scholars and art historians Heba Mostafa, Megan Boomer and ...

In later centuries, Makkah came to be revered as the centre of the world (if not the universe), as illustrated in the ...

Dubai: Jordan is inviting GCC citizens and residents to embark on a timeless journey through its seven Unesco World Heritage ...

As Ramadan begins, millions of Muslims worldwide embark on their Umrah pilgrimage, donning the ihram—a sacred garment ...

Asharq Al Awsat The AlBidayah zone (The Beginning) at the Islamic Arts Biennale, themed "And all that is in Between," is held until May 25 at the Western Hajj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International ...

Iranian filmmakers say they have decided to finally make art that imitates real life in their country. Image Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is up for an Oscar in the ...

In 1807, Omar ibn Said, an itinerant Islamic scholar in West Africa ... expressions of faith, everyday life, and art of the book. The themes roughly correspond to classifications of human knowledge ...

Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, to fulfil a mandatory religious duty as a ...