Andalusian philosopher is known for a number of key ideas adopted by later Sufis, including the unity of being, the concept ...

In the 12th century, the Andalusian poet and traveler Ibn Jubayr described the agricultural lands around Damascus as “the ...

The Iqlim Fahl was one of the many districts that constituted the extensive Mamlakat Dimashq in Bilad Al Sham during the Mamluk period (1250/1263 – 1517 CE).The great size of this Mamlakah (“kingdom”) ...

Saint Malachy is credited with the 12th-century text, 'Prophecy of the Popes ... who are rebuilding their lives in Rome after fleeing Damascus have told how they are praying day and night ...

Its open-world setting in the 12th century Holy Land, with the action jumping between Jerusalem, Acre, and Damascus during the Third Crusade. Players take on the mantle of Altaïr, an assassin ...

By Mehleen Syed The story of women in Sufism is like a hidden tapestry—its threads often overlooked, yet essential to the ...

He returned to Syria with an army and secured Damascus; he married his former patron’s widow ... If social media had been around in the 12th century, Saladin's entourage would have been all over it,” ...

Before Germany, Italy reopened its embassy last year before the fall of Assad, and Spain reopened its embassy after his ouster. Germany reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after ...

Haim Blanc’s seminal 1964 study, Studies in Judeo-Arabic Dialects, highlights this practice as a cornerstone of religious education in Aleppo and Damascus. The 20th century saw the Syrian Jewish ...

Turkey has welcomed the SDF-Damascus deal, but said it would need to see its implementation to ensure the YPG does not end up joining Syrian state institutions or security forces as a bloc ...

Damascenes are experiencing the first Holy Month of Ramadan without the al-Assad family in more than five decades. Bashar al-Assad, who took over from his father Hafez, was the last of the family ...