This Middle East country was once the hub of the Abbasid Caliphate and a centre of knowledge until the 15th century.

Knafeh, an Arabic cheesecake with a crispy top of vermicelli-like fried dough known as kataifi, glossy with a syrup called ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

In the U.S., the idea elicited enthusiasm among conservative Christians who hoped that the Jews’ return to Israel would help ...

Bridging Europe's East and West, Vienna came of age in the 19th century – but has become the forward-thinking, go-slow city we need right now ...

When Christianity became state-sponsored under leaders such as Constantine and Theodosius, governments systematically ...

Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

Christian-Muslim relations have played a significant role in shaping antisemitism in the Middle East. While Christian Arabs ...

President Donald Trump is focused on realizing two transformative breakthroughs that his predecessors failed to accomplish: ...

How did Gothic art influence the modernists? An exhibition in Norway explores how artists like Dürer and Hans Holbein's ...