[caption id="attachment_55253051" align="aligncenter" width="2051"] The minimalist architecture of Lisson Gallery acts as a plain canvas for Khalili's installations (Photo by James Hanna)[/caption] …

by Joseph Braude* Iraq’s 1,251-year-old capital was built by a Muslim empire that held the torch of civilization in the eighth and ninth centuries of the Common Era. In the thirteenth century…

[caption id="attachment_55252983" align="aligncenter" width="716"] A girl walks in front of a graffiti painted on the wall of a house located inside the 15th-century complex built by Mameluk Sultan…

[caption id="attachment_55252928" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] DOHA, QATAR - Mona Ennab, Maysoon Jayyusi, director Amber Fares, Noor Daoud, Betty Saadeh and Marah Zahalka attend the Opening…

[caption id="attachment_55252932" align="aligncenter" width="701"] Artist Remigio Hernandez, 64, sits with his dog at his self made "Museum of Baby" at his home in Moron, Cuba, February 16, 2017…

[caption id="attachment_55252914" align="aligncenter" width="2764"] War and Conflict, World War II, Political Personalities, pic: 4th July 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill leaving No 10…

* The Death of a US Navy SEAL in Yemen Has Started a New Conversation About the Country * President Trump's Defense Secretary and CIA Chief Are Popular Within Their Agencies * One of the biggest…

Yahya Badr al-Din al-Houthi serves as a senior strategist for Ansar Allah, the movement of armed Yemeni rebels commonly known as the Houthis. He is the brother of the movement’s chief, as well as a…

[caption id="attachment_55250778" align="alignnone" width="1024"] BEIRUT, LEBANON - MAY 19: Ali Akbar Velayati (L), advisor to the Iran's Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…

[caption id="attachment_55250738" align="aligncenter" width="961"] Wine horn with gazelle protome, Sasanian period, 4th century, silver gilt. (courtesy: Juliet Highet)[/caption] by Juliet Highet* …