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

Sanaa's Old City: A world heritage site threatened by war and neglect

Nasreddin Hodja: The archetypal trickster of Muslim folklore

Ayvalik: A picturesque Aegean town serves as a reminder of Greek heritage in Turkey

Lebanon and Yemen landmarks added to World Heritage List

Mukarram Jah: An Indian prince and claimant to the Islamic caliphate

Lost Muslim influences in Spain, from the Virgin Mary to Sufism

David Graeber vs Yuval Harari: Exploding the myth of how civilisation began

Joe Gill

Quiz: Test your knowledge of Iran's history

Death on the Nile: The radiologist who solved mysteries of pharoahs' violent end

Leighton House: A Middle Eastern escape in the heart of London

A guide to the seven styles of Arabic calligraphy

In pictures: The ancient craft of Egypt’s ollal clay jugs