A WEEK or so before I boarded the PIA flight to Jeddah on my way to Makkah for performing Umrah, I was told that the second language in the holy city is Urdu. That was music to my ears. As my family ...
DR ANWER Sadeed in his book Urdu Adab Mein Safarnama has mentioned about 80 Haj travelogues written in Urdu, but the correct number is around 400, says Dr Muhammad Shahabuddin in his book Urdu Mein ...
Makkah has unveiled a new cultural and spiritual treasure—the Holy Quran Museum. Located in the Hira Cultural District, this museum was recently inaugurated by Prince Saud bin Mishaal bin Abdulaziz, ...
Challenging Eurocentric art history, the circulation of early pictures of Makkah and the pre-Islamic Christian heritage of the UAE are among the research projects selected as part of Louvre Abu ...