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Restoration Uncovers Beauty of Georgia’s Hidden Wooden Mosques
Until recently few outsiders knew the wooden mosques dotting the highlands of Georgia existed, leaving many of them to deteriorate. The rediscovery of the architectural gems has sparked a movement for their preservation.
Smorgasbords of Andalusi and Mahgribi Dishes, a Conversation With Food Historian and Author Nawal Nasrallah
In Smorgasbords of Andalusi and Mahgribi Dishes, Arab food historian Nawal Nasrallah breathes new life into an anonymously compiled 13th-century cookbook.
Al Sadu Textile Tradition Weaves Stories of Culture and Identity
Across the Arabian Gulf, the traditional weaving craft records social heritage.
Family Secret: The Mystery of North Macedonia’s Ohrid Pearls
Artisans are preserving the elusive technique behind these pearls—handmade from a fish, not an oyster—in a town of Slavic, Byzantine and Ottomon influences.
Meet Sculptor Marie Khouri, Who Turns Arabic Calligraphy Into 3D Art
Vancouver-based artist Marie Khouri turns Arabic calligraphy into a 3D examination of love in Baheb, on view at the Arab World Institute in Paris.
Recipe for Fennel and Potato Biryani
Biryani is a whole and very elaborate genre of rice dishes, not be confused with pulao or pilaf.
Orion Through a 3D-Printed Telescope
With his homemade telescope, Astrophotographer Zubuyer Kaolin brings the Orion Nebula close to home.
Trace Moruga Hill Rice's Cultural Path to Trinidad
Moruga hill rice is a nutritious dry-land red rice grown in Trinidad whose history dates to Merikin settlers.
Grand Egyptian Museum: Take a Tour of the New Home for Egyptian Artifacts
When the Grand Egyptian Museum officially opens its doors, it will reveal treasures from the ancient Egyptians and their storied past.
Learning Center Resource: For the Teacher's Desk
How To Improve Student Confidence Through Seeing Math Differently
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Hands-on activities shift math from memorization to exploration--building confidence and curiosity in the classroom.
Flavors
Flavors: Creamy Broccoli and Arugula Soup
- Recipe
This soup was inspired a few years back by Gwyneth Paltrow’s It’s All Good collection of clean, good-for-you recipes. Our version incorporates local spices that add warming, Middle Eastern flavors, and we use the broccoli stem as well as the florets to achieve a more substantial, filling soup without adding any potatoes or cream.
Featured Videos
Bahrain’s Pearling Pathway
Video by Richard Duebel
Linking the waters once plied by pearl divers to the town their pickings paid for, the island of Muharraq’s streets-and-alleys walking trail strings together some 17 restored buildings, bringing new life to Bahrain’s most historic urban neighborhood.
Read the story here.
Linking the waters once plied by pearl divers to the town their pickings paid for, the island of Muharraq’s streets-and-alleys walking trail strings together some 17 restored buildings, bringing new life to Bahrain’s most historic urban neighborhood.
Read the story here.
Kanga’s Woven Message
From rural villages to city streets, women and girls along East Africa's coast do more than wear the popular rectangular kanga: They weave it into life, from birth to death, a "social medium" worn, traded and treasured, for designs, messages and memories.
Read the full story here.
Video by Samantha Reinders
Raha Moharrak's Seventh Summit
Standing atop North America’s highest peak, Alaska’s Denali, Raha Moharrak became the first woman from her country to reach “the seven summits”—the highest peak on each continent. “You are capable of wonders,” Moharrak says. “Feed your bravery, and it will overcome your fear; never feel that your dreams are too far from reach.”
Read the full story here.
An Artist Threads Portugal's Multilayered Heritage
For more than two decades Sara Domingos has produced a mixed-media collection infusing Portugal's Islamic heritage into her work. Her art is made of a variety of materials and methods, from acrylic and oil paints to embroidery and calcography, a form of artistic printmaking that in her case uses different forms of stamps. (Video by Tara Todras-Whitehill and Jack Zahora)
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Author's Corner Q&A
For as long as poet and novelist Zahran Alqasmi can remember, his life in Mas, an Omani village about 170 kilometers south of the capital of Muscat, in the northern wilayat (province) of Dima Wattayeen, books permeated every part of his world. “I was raised in a family passionate about prose literature and poetry,” Alqasmi recalls.
