Long history. Armenians have a long history in Egypt that dates back to the time of the Fatimid dynasty in the 11th century. Over the centuries, the Armenian community has made significant ...

The Fatimid Empire of Egypt and the Safavid Empire of Iran shared two important bequests: Both were outsiders in the Muslim world pushing against the mainstream "orthodox Islamic party line ...

During a historic trip to Egypt, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was greeted by a group of men who hurled shoes at him – a major insult in the Muslim world. A video posted by the Anadolu ...

The Jews of Fatimid Egypt wrote a contract for a marriage in Jerusalem, mentioning clothes from Sicily, a bucket from Baghdad ...

The Dawoodi Bohra community, which originates in India, has been renovating and maintaining Egypt's Fatimid mosques since their arrival in the 1970s. Egypt honors India Bohras for preserving country's ...

Egyptian author and sociolinguist Reem Bassiouney recently won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature for her book Al Halwani: The Fatimid Trilogy. Bassiouney teaches sociolinguistics at the ...

While Jews worldwide will celebrate Passover this week, recounting the ancient Israelites’ exodus from Egypt, a newly released report sheds light on a modern exodus that remains largely ...

Egypt has extended its congratulations to Armenia on the 33rd anniversary of its independence, marking the country's separation from the Soviet Union ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Amitai-Preiss N. and Cohen-Weinberger A. This volume. Provenance Study of a Double-Stamped Jar Handle of the Early Islamic Period from ...

Egyptian author and sociolinguist Reem Bassiouney recently won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature for her book Al Halwani: The Fatimid Trilogy.Bassiouney teaches sociolinguistics at the ...