In a country where women are banned from talking loudly in public and even looking out of the windows, one of the few female ...

I wandered around the Grand Bazaar, saw the Blue Mosque and visited the legendary ... Nobody in the world had any idea where I was. In Herat, in Afghanistan, it was as if I’d entered a time ...

Linking Delhi, the Taj Mahal and the pink city of Jaipur, with detours for temples and tigers, this is the perfect route for ...

There has not yet been a large-scale sweep by agents in any of those public spaces locally, but that hasn’t quieted fears. Rumors ricocheting across the region have for many begun to feel like a ...

Tajikistan, a remote Silk Road nation bordered by Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan ... Istanbul’s historic highlights include the Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, Basilica ...

A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...

From mosques to churches to gurdwaras, local religious communities rally to support those impacted by the devastating Eaton ...

In Kabul, Afghanistan, where she grew up, Asia Jaji learned how to make mantu, or meat-filled dumplings, from her mother. Decades later, in a kitchen in America, where Jaji sought refuge after the ...

According to a 2020 Chinese census, there were some 11.6 million Uyghurs living in the autonomous region, which borders countries like Afghanistan ... prayers at a nearby mosque.

She was in a blue veil and white dress ... about visiting Christian churches and praying to her in church as well as mosque. One day in Cairo I encountered two young Muslim women in head scarves ...

The Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque tend to be the first to come to mind when penciling a visit to a mosque into your Istanbul itinerary—but there are plenty of equally impressive and historic ...