Heritage

'The mentality is changing': The awakening of Algeria's tourism industry

Algeria is dispelling its reputation for isolation as the government takes steps to position the North African country as a major tourist destination

‘In Oran, people live’: Algeria’s second-largest city improves its image

War in Sudan is ravaging its rich history

Israel's war on Gaza

Israel has destroyed Gaza's heritage sites, but it cannot erase my memories of them

Mohammed Mourtaja

Uzbek embroidery: How needle and thread has defied dictators and factories

'The last stop of Europe': In a remote Greek port, live like a pasha in an Ottoman palace

Namesake: Reflections on Nusaiba, a warrior woman of early Islam

Abdulhamid II: An autocrat, reformer and the last stand of the Ottoman Empire

Ghosts of Thessaloniki: How a quest for a table revealed much about a city's multilayered past

In pictures: Kuwait's Failaka Island, treasures, and ghosts of history

US citizen charged with smuggling ancient Roman mosaic from war-torn Syria

How Israel’s archaeological excavations work to rewrite history in Jerusalem

Turkey Politics

Hagia Sophia: Friday prayer held in Istanbul monument for first time in 86 years

In pictures: Myths and legends laid to rest as historic Egypt palace finally opens

The rise and fall of Le Bristol Hotel, a beacon of Lebanon's Golden Era

Palestinians accuse Israel of stealing 1500-year-old Christian relic from Bethlehem

'A shadow of its former self': Mosul Museum and the long road to recovery

US citizen indicted for smuggling ancient Egyptian artifacts in dirty suitcase

In pictures: Some of the first coins used by Muslims in 7th century Arabia

Nubian entrepreneur launches project to revive heritage

Notre-Dame: Secret Syrian origins of France's medieval art

Diana Darke