by Dr. Saad al-Bazei | Jan 26, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture
King Salman inaugurated King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, known as Ithraa, which was built by Aramco to spread culture – not only in Saudi Arabia – but also in the Arabian Peninsula and many other regions through its interaction with local and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 23, 2016 | Features
London – Mosques are not just public places to practice religious rituals in Britain and they are often built on the expenses of the Muslim community – based on the initiative of the residents; these mosques have been used as centers for gatherings and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 5, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture
ANTWERP, BELGIUM — For architects, or at least for Zaha Hadid, there is an afterlife. On Sept. 22, nearly six months after this British architect’s sudden death at 65, one of her boldest buildings, Port House, opened in a ceremony on the newly christened Zaha Hadid...
by Said Abdul Razzak | Sep 28, 2016 | Features
Ankara- Safranbolu is a typical Ottoman city that has survived to the present day. Its stone walls, architectural forms and old Albanian roads speak of its originality and a remote history. Asharq Al-Awsat wandered in Safranbolu city situated in Karabuk Province on...
by Stephen Heyman | Sep 7, 2016 | Features
Did Syria’s urban architecture help fuel the civil war that has shattered the country and claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people? This is the provocative theory proposed by Marwa al-Sabouni, a young architect from Homs who spent two years confined to her...
