By the end of the 1960s, life in Dubai was changing fast.The standard of living was improving steadily, enabling wealthy families to gradually…

About 170 km north-east of Medina lies Khaybar Fort, also known as Marhab Fort, since it bears the name Marhab bin Al-Harith, the Jewish Knight of…

Calligraphy interlaces with imagination across time and culture, bestowing a unique interpretation, feel, and perception upon a place.It is an…

As a novelist I always try to find the connection between places and their names, so when I come across a place with an obscure name, it sparks my…

What happens to words when they are written down? Are there nuances from their sounds that get left out?“In the beginning was the word.” So goes the…

Through my visit to the city, I had the opportunity to see old Riyadh, its neighbourhoods, concepts, and meanings. The journey started from "Al…