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How the Al-Andalus era is making a comeback in present-day Spain

The legacy of Al-Andalus lives on in Spain, as Arabic language and culture revive in street signs, schools, and music, reconnecting Spain with its Muslim past

Lara Gibson

13 June, 2025

Moroccans

2022 Qatar World Cup

World Cup & Spain’s uneasy relationship with its Muslim past

Steffani Garcia

Steffani Garcia

13 December, 2022

Umayyad era gold coin goes up for auction

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Rare Umayyad gold coin 'could make over £700,000' at auction

The New Arab Staff

22 October, 2022

The British Muslim Convert Lord Headley

British Muslims

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The life and times of Lord Headley: A British Muslim pioneer

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Sadek Hamid

19 October, 2022

The Qurʿānic manuscript attributed to caliph ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān discovered in the Mosque of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ (Codex Amrensis 22)

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A mammoth Quranic manuscript at Egypt's national library

Éléonore Cellard

Éléonore Cellard

20 September, 2022

A man looks during an extraordinary five-day exhibition of rare Islamic art work, Quranic manuscripts, Islamic art objects and calligraphy specimen

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Spotlighting East Africa's Islamic manuscript culture

Adama Munu

07 September, 2022

A picture taken on June 3, 2019, shows images of astronauts on the moon exhibited inside the Clock Tower Museum in the Saudi holy city of Mecca. - Overlooking the Kaaba, a black structure inside the Grand Mosque towards which Muslims around the world turn to pray, the four-storey Clock Tower Museum, opened a month ago. It is filled with models and structures on astronomy and galaxies, as Saudi authorities aim to lure more Muslim tourists to the country

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Breaking the classic narrative of Islamic astronomy

Dana Dawud

06 September, 2022

This brass Islamic astrolabe was made by Musatafa Ayyub-I in the Middle East. An astrolabe is in essence a model of the universe that an astronomer could hold in their hands

Islam

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The female Muslim astronomer who reached for the stars

Mariam Elsayeh Ibrahim

09 August, 2022

MEDIEVAL_ISLAM

Islam

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Staring at the heavens: Astronomy in medieval Islam

Ahab Bdaiwi

21 July, 2022

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Islam

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Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni's 'The Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali'

Usman Butt

20 July, 2022

Written in the stars: Islam's storied history with astronomy

Islam

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Written in the stars: Islam's storied history with astronomy

S. Noor

19 July, 2022

India Hindu nationalism

India

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Hindu nationalism is threatening India's diverse history

The New Arab

10 June, 2022

A woman looks at a painting as Sotheby’s Dubai opens a multi-category exhibition spanning jewelry, rare watches, historic Islamic objects and paintings by Middle Eastern masters on March 7, 2022

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Is there an Islamic arts ‘revival’?

N.A. Mansour

28 April, 2022

The remains of a 9th century Islamic lie overshadowed by the Almudena Cathedral, the biggest in the city

Madrid

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A forgotten European memory: Madrid's Islamic past

Inigo Alexander

14 December, 2021

Adnan Samman, Ascending from my Lover to my God (2021), courtesy P21 Gallery

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Alternative Narratives: Islamic Mythology, Reimagined

Farah Abdessamad

Farah Abdessamad

16 November, 2021

Persianate Selves - Book Review

Islamic history

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Persianate Selves: Fostering conviviality from tradition

Usman Butt

27 October, 2021

A culture of ambiguity: an alternative history of Islam

The New Arab Book Club

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A Culture of Ambiguity: An Alternative History of Islam

Usman Butt

14 July, 2021