This is understood as a prohibition of using animal and human forms in texts, textiles and architecture. Islamic calligraphy and illustrated manuscripts have been highly prized for millennia. The ...

Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

A video of a pro-Palestine protester shouting "Allahu Akbar" outside New York City's World Trade Center has led to fury online. The clip was posted to X (formerly Twitter) by Shirion Collective ...

A suicide bomber demolished a crowded two-story mosque Friday in a Pakistani town near the Afghan border, killing dozens of worshipers and injuring scores more, government officials said.

Babur was succeeded by his son Humayun in 1530. The rest of the account focuses on Humayun’s reign till Akbar’s birth. Humayun was born in 1508 in Kabul, but by 1530, the growing Mughal Empire ...

On January 30 th, the “Tongxin” (meaning “heart-to-heart”) painting and calligraphy exhibition for celebrating the Spring Festival was opened in the Jiangsu Huan Tai Hu Art City. Wu Shengxing, deputy ...

The tomb of Akbar the Great, located in Sikandra, in the suburbs of Agra is an important Mughal architectural masterpiece, which was built between 1605-1613. Akbar himself commenced the ...

Daily Mail 'Allahu Akbar!' Palestinians cheer as Iranian missiles hit Israel Posted: October 1, 2024 | Last updated: October 1, 2024 Video footage shows Palestinians in Khan Younis, Gaza cheering ...

A movement that began as a protest against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan is now evolving into a strong political and social force for change. Updated 04 Oct ...

Arifa Akbar is literary editor of The Independent and i newspapers. She has worked at The Independent since 2001 as a news reporter and arts correspondent before joining the books desk in 2009.

Lydia Hu joined the FOX Business Network (FBN) in 2021 as a correspondent. Based out of the network’s headquarters in New York, Hu covers agriculture, energy, real estate, and travel.

Once women enter the workforce and start earning their own income they begin to assert their agency as women and income earners. Published 08 Aug, 2024 09:12am ...