The religious arts of the Muslim world manifest particular cultural characteristics and a sense of unity across cultures. The devotional music of Nigeria and Pakistan, for example, have a recognizable ...
Ruins of the Assyrian Church of the Virgin Mary, which was destroyed by Islamic State (IS ... During this period, Mr Karam began composing a music piece to comfort his two daughters, aged 14 ...
Historian William Dalrymple journeys to Morocco, Turkey, Syria and Pakistan to explore whirling dervishes, Qawwali singing and other forms of music sacred in Sufism, the branch of Islam that ...