Over the course of my life, whenever I visited Pakistan, it was always to visit family in Karachi. For whatever...
In Methala, Kodungallur, in the Indian state of Kerala, stands a small, unassuming mosque with a pale blue exterior; if not...
“Go to Mangalia, which is the Kaaba Mecca of the wandering poor people!” I had expected many things from the little...
People often ask what there is to do in Dubai aside from eat and shop. Having spent some time living there, I decided to compile my own list, based on some of my own favourite places to go and things to do. If malls are not really your thing, and you're not into desert 'excursions' that confuse Arab traditions with Bollywood (yes, this really happens), check out the list below for ideas that won't break the bank, don't require hotel tour guides, and have a little more substance than the usual tourist spots.
Photomechanical images of Damascus and the Umayyad Mosque captured between 1867 and 1900. See also: 19th century photos from Algeria...
Zara Choudhary on the history of Islam and Muslims in Vietnam and visiting as a Muslim traveller There it stood,...