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The discovery of an important manuscript reshapes our understanding of early Islamic culture
This majestic mosque stands out in the city of a thousand minarets
The ancient mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun deserves to be much better known
A great 16th-century Qur’an gets the attention it deserves
A meticulous study of the Chester Beatty Ruzbihan Qur’an does justice to the ingenuity of its calligrapher
Pilgrims and parrots in Jordan’s city of mosaics
Madaba preserves traces of the ancient Greek-Christian culture of the Middle East
A comparative approach to religious art
An ambitious, if limited, exhibition compares the early traditions of five faiths
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