Religious occasions provide an opportunity to revisit history with a fresh perspective, free from rigid judgments of right and wrong. Instead, ...

A television series about the life of the Umayyad caliph, Muawiya, titled "Mo'awey," which was banned in Iraq due to the potential for stirring sectarian tensions, has made its way onto the screen.

Corruption in Pakistan has metastasised beyond mere governance flaws; it has infiltrated every fabric of the state, ...

The extensive fresco paintings of the bath building and reception hall are unique for Islamic architecture of the Umayyad period. The wall paintings show influences from classical pagan themes, ...

The Umayyad Pottery and Its Antecedents ... Bilad al-Sham during the Abbasid Period (132 AH/750 A.D.-451 AH/1059 A.D.) II (Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the History of Bilad ...

Abbasid levels or sites have not been often identified because of the misdating of Abbasid ceramic types to the Umayyad period, while Umayyad types were misdated to the Byzantine period. “The Abbasid ...

The Canadian government on Wednesday announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria during what it called a period of transition.