Ever noticed how so many Arab countries have flags with the same colors—red, black, white, and green? It’s not a coincidence.

By 4 a.m ., a breeze had begun to blow across the stadium near the center of Baghdad, but Qaid al-Sheikhli was still sweating ...

Between A.D. 869 to 883 a group known as the Zanj, many of whom were enslaved people taken from Africa, rebelled against the Abbasid Caliphate (ruled from 750 to 1258) and disrupted its control ...

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has approved the design for a brand new symbol for the dirham. First announced in March of 2025, the new currency symbol will eventually be rolled out for ...

It’s an opportune moment for the writer and historian Johan Norberg to choose seven golden ages and interweave their rise and fall into a history of human progress: Athens, Rome, the Abbasid caliphate ...

In “The Once and Future World Order,” by Amitav Acharya, and “The Golden Road,” by William Dalrymple, our best hope might be that history repeats itself.

Anyone who believes that disputes over religious orthodoxy and heresies were exclusive to Christianity is mistaken. This is something intrinsic to almost any faith, and a good example of it can be ...

The "Symbol of Protest" positioned on the front fenders gets all the spotlight. But what is Ram actually protesting against? Ram announced the return of the HEMI after a model year of absence.

The events that brought the raised fist back to the United States as a symbol of the fight against racial oppression began earlier that year in Spain.

In the future, having a flying car will be a unique and cutting-edge status symbol, even more than owning a customized Maybach or Rolls-Royce. Elite travelers will take to the skies, avoiding ...