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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.
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.
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Sitar Sounds With Alif Laila
What is a sitar? Where did it come from and what kind of sound does it make? With a lifetime of training from leading virtuosos, Alif Laila is one of a few women to achieve international recognition playing the mesmerizing instrument whose sound evokes the musical identity of the greater Indian subcontinent. She is as passionate about music as she is about encouraging other women. Hear her talk about the sitar and play its mesmerizing sounds.
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)
Ithra: A House For the World
An ultramodern concept inspired by a simple arrangement of stones won architectural firm Snøhetta the international competition to design the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, or Ithra, in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Open to the public, Ithra’s site alongside historic Dammam No. 7, the country’s first major oil well, symbolizes its role as a source of energy of a different kind: human energy, powered by creativity and sparked by architecture that embraces past, present and future. Named both for the founder of Saudi Arabia and an Arabic word meaning enrichment, Ithra offers museums for science, natural history and traditional and contemporary art; theaters for music, drama and cinema; labs for ideas in technology and design; programs for youth in stem subjects and reading—and at its heart, a luminous library, where the story of Ithra begins.
Malta's White Olives
In the Middle Ages, bajda olives—from the Arabic for “white”—were prized on this Mediterranean archipelago, but by the late 20th century they were nearly gone. It took a retired expert in gems and jewels to revive the olives knights once called “Maltese pearls.”
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Video by Tom Verde
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Smorgasbords of Andalusi and Mahgribi Dishes, a Conversation With Food Historian and Author Nawal Nasrallah
