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Muslim women, who were displaced by deadly religious strife last year, stand in a queue to cast their votes for the general election at a polling station in Palra village in Muzaffarnagar district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 10, 2014. (Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee)
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Al-Shafi’i Mosque was built in the 13th century AD. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Jeddah’s Al-Shafi’i Mosque: The Story of a Thousand-Year-Old Minaret
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—In 647 CE the Caliph Uthman Ibn Affan selected Jeddah as a major seaport for the holy city of Mecca and a gateway for trade with neighboring states. Consisting of four districts, Jeddah is surrounded by a wall that was constructed to shield the...Caption:
File photo showing Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki speaking during a news conference in Baghdad. (Reuters)
The Game of Carving up a Nation
With the latest crisis pushing Iraq back onto the world’s headlines, it is no surprise that a number of books examining Iraqi politics and history have appeared or reappeared in bookshops across the West. These books could be grouped in three categories. In the first...Caption:
Director Asghar Farhadi (L) and actor Peyman Moadi pose with the award for ‘Best foreign film’ for “A Separation” at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles, United States, on January 15, 2012. (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)
Iran’s Cinema in Search of Global Markets
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The decades-long political confrontation between Iran and the United States is known to almost anyone interested in international politics. Less known, however, is the rivalry between the two in offering different visions of the seventh art,...Caption:
An Afghan boy looks out from a book store in the Old City on November 7, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
Triumph of Afghan writers in exile boosts literary scene at home
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Afghanistan, which has long been engulfed in civil war and conflict, is producing a wave of migrant literature that is having a positive impact on the literary scene at home. In next door neighbor Iran, the generation of Afghani refugees born...Caption:
Mafrosh book fair, held in Eteni Square in the center of Khartoum on the first Tuesday of the month. (Asharq Al-Awsat)