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The 10th-century poet Abu Al Tayeb Al Mutanabbi. Poetry is often considered to be the favourite class of art among Arab societies both today and throughout history.

How poetry can help us understand the Gulf's economic history

CommentJuly 10, 2025

What the date and the pearl industries had in common was the unleashing of natural resources, the sea and the underground aquifers to generate exports that went around the world. Andrew Henderson for The National

UAE history shows it has always dealt with economic headwinds

CommentJuly 09, 2025

The LANGAR is being served to public in a street of Lyari one of the old locality of the city. LANGAR is a form of eating which is offered to general public, i.e. whoever wants to come and dine for free, can do so. A group of 4-6 people sit by making a circle and between them a larger plate called THAALA or THAAL filled with the BIRYANI, PULAO, HALEEM, or ZARDA -the local dishes, are generally served for their dine. These charitable kind of eating are arranged on various celebration days.

In defence of eating with hands amid Zohran Mamdani backlash

LifestyleJuly 03, 2025

The ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra, a Unesco World Heritage Site in central Syria, has fallen prey to amateur and professional looters. EPA

Stolen Syrian antiquities flood online marketplace after Assad fall

CultureJune 11, 2025

This sculpture depicting a man's head dates back to around 2000 BC-1600 BC. Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Once smuggled, now reclaimed: Iraq retrieves ancient artefacts from Met museum

MENAMay 22, 2025

Previously classified documents shed new light on Sirhan Sirhan, who was convicted of killing Democratic presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy in 1968. Photo: FBI

Newly released documents show RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan 'acted alone'

USApril 22, 2025

Palestinian refugees amid the ruins of Tel al-Zaatar camp on August 13, 1976 after an attack by right-wing Christian forces. More than 150,000 deaths in 15 years of bitter armed conflict that ended in 1990. AFP

Learning the lessons of Lebanon's civil war

EditorialApril 13, 2025

Signs from activists with the Sunrise Movement sit outside the US Department of Education on March 20, in Washington. Donald Trump signed an executive order to dissolve the Education Department. Getty

Trump's war on history and education are at odds with American greatness

CommentMarch 25, 2025

Dr Geoffrey RD King with Britain's King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, on Sir Bani Yas Island in 1993. Photo: Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi

Tributes to British archaeologist who oversaw major UAE discoveries

UAEMarch 20, 2025

Sharjah English School's first pupils at Al Mahatta Fort, performing a Christmas Nativity play, in 1974. Photo: Sharjah English School

Sharjah English School marks 50th year with time capsule unveiling

UAEMarch 13, 2025

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose by Refaat Alareer; Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew by Avi Shlaim. Photo: Penguin Random House, Bloomsbury., OR Books

Twelve must-read books about history of Israel-Palestine conflict

BooksMarch 12, 2025

Pupils at Sharjah English School in Dasman, Sharjah. It moved there in 1975. Photo: Sharjah English School

Sharjah English School marks its 50th anniversary - in pictures

March 04, 2025

Sake Dean Mahomed and Ibn Al Nafis. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

How Europe’s leading Muslim heritage centre uses history to tackle hate

UKFebruary 21, 2025

A Hebrew Bible written in Arabic script, part of the Cairo Genizah collection. Photo: Dr Melonie Schmierer-Lee/ the University of Cambridge

A glimpse of daily life in medieval Egypt

MENAFebruary 14, 2025

Researchers take swab samples for the purpose of microbiological analysis at the Krakow University of Economics. AP

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody, spicy and sweet’

MENAFebruary 14, 2025

MrBeast spent 100 hours around the pyramids of Giza for his latest video. Photo: MrBeast

Four takeaways from MrBeast’s Pyramids of Giza video

Pop CultureFebruary 09, 2025

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