Challenging Eurocentric art history, the circulation of early pictures of Makkah and the pre-Islamic Christian heritage of the UAE are among the research projects selected as part of Louvre Abu ...

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 ...

Muslims believe that the steps of the Hajj correlate to the story of Hagar, the second wife of Abraham whom he married after Sarah was childless What is Hajj?The annual Hajj pilgrimage is one of the ...

The Holy Quran Museum in Mecca has unveiled a rare folio from the legendary ‘Blue Quran’, a 9th-century manuscript renowned for its deep blue parchment and gold ink. This significant exhibit ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — 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 ...