Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, by IM Pei, the first "mega-museum in the Gulf". This austere stack of limestone ...

Artwork is displayed at Adel Yazdi's workshop, an Iranian artist who has transformed an alley in one of the old neighbourhoods of Shiraz into an open air permanent art gallery. "Most of the ...

But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire. History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.

The Hisbah, a regional police force tasked with enforcing Islamic Sharia law, have carried out midnight raids on motor parks, markets and street corners in the regional capital, Kano, since the ...

In an online trading ecosystem that has become increasingly globalised, Islamic finance is still the standard in most of the MENA region. A core element of Islamic finance is Islamic trading. So, what ...

Arabesque patterns and relief faces carved with ... With its striking designs and bright colours, Yazdi's art can be reminiscent of Surrealism. It often comes across as surprising, showcasing ...