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

Five relics Egypt wants back from foreign museums

Coffee, couches, towels and trousers: The Ottoman empire's great cultural legacies

Quiz: How much do you know about Algeria's history?

Iran: 16th century folio from Book of Kings set for auction in London

Iraq unveils archaeological park with ancient Assyrian carvings

Brazilian Muslims demand Harvard return skull of slave who fought in uprising

Mount Qasioun: The 'holy mountain' of Damascus

Who was Moses Maimonides? The great Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages

Meet the woman documenting Gaza's historical architecture

Jinn: Who are the supernatural beings of Arabian and Islamic tradition?

Tracing the history behind the great Umayyad mosque of Damascus

Mimar Sinan: The founding father of Ottoman architecture