One of the icons of Fairbanks is the Mecca Bar. Everyone knows where it is; you can’t miss that neon sign beckoning through the ice fog on Second Avenue. It is a place that seems to have some kind of ...
An Ottoman-era portico in Mecca’s Grand Mosque has become the latest battleground in a conflict between those who want to preserve the city’s architectural heritage and Saudi authorities pushing for ...
As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, Mecca was so small, ...
14 September 2008 JEDDAH - Activities and scope of Makakh History Center have been expanded to include Madina and the center will now be called Makkah and Madina History Center.A decision to this ...
In a landmark cultural moment for Islamic arts and history, the Holy Quran Museum in Mecca’s Hira Cultural District has opened a special display featuring a folio from the legendary ‘Blue Quran’ ...