If you’re a fan of period series and looking for something different and related to Islamic culture made by Arabs and not xenophobic, ...

Silk Roads at the British Museum: a first look at a route of staggering significance - This expansive exhibition is the kind of thing the British Museum is made for ...

It coincides with the exchange of embassies between the emperor Charlemagne and the Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid. Among the gifts from Harun was an actual elephant called Abu al ‘Abbas ...

Imam Ali Ar-Rida (a.s.) was born one month after the martyrdom of his grandfather Imam Ja"fer As-Sadiq (a.s.) He was born during the reign of the Harun Al-Rashid who poisoned his father.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Editor’s Note: Besides her Red Sea Foundation role Jomana Al Rashid is also CEO of SRMG, a Saudi Arabian publishing and media company ...

While shaving the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid (d. 809) in the bathhouse, a barber impertinently professed his love for the ruler’s daughter and asked to marry her. Astounded at the barber’s ...