Islamic art can be misunderstood, particularly in the idea that it entirely forbids depictions of living beings. This view, however, ignores the historical complexities involved. In truth, animals and ...

Fiona Banner, “Not So Much a Coffee Table Book as a Coffee Table” (2015) (all images by the author for Hyperallergic) BEXHILL, UK — If you ever get joy from the written word, you might not like Buoys ...

Historians’ dismissal of the continent’s Muslim legacy is helping to feed contemporary divisions By David Motadel In 1993, Prince Charles, now King Charles III, gave a spectacular speech at the ...

Weston Brown's story is showcased in Kim A. Snyder’s new documentary 'The Librarians' Courtesy of 8 Above and THE LIBRARIANS documentary DP Amy Bench Weston Brown returned to his hometown in Texas to ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran is a constant source of anguish for its own people, its neighbors, and the broader world. The government likely executes more people than any state except China. It ...

The Booksmith, a San Francisco shop that features a “Books, Not Bans” campaign on its website, pulled every J.K. Rowling title from its store this week. Literature lovers can tell you all about the ...

Observers often portray Turkey’s politics as a struggle between the pro-Western secularism of the founding father Kemal Ataturk and a monochromatic Sunni revivalist Islam personified by the current ...

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Fischer and Richard Kondal’s UK-based outfit, Big Safari Productions, and Hannah Leader and Amory Leader’s Big Book Media are launching what they’ve described as a ...

Moign Khawaja received funding from the Irish Research Council as part of the IRC-Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. The rise of the self-styled Islamic State (IS) has been ...

Rhonda Laur brought a visual aid to last week's meeting of the library board in Lapeer, the one where the accomplished new director may or may not have quit and may or may not have been badgered into ...