Omid Safi's kids call the hundreds of volumes of Arabic and Persian that he has stacked high in his home office "books with squiggly lines." [read more]

Ted Jackson/The Times-PicayuneRabbi Uri Topolosky, left, leads members of Congregation Beth Israel and Masjid Abu Bakr al Siddiq on a tour of the ruined and empty building in Lakeview that Beth Israel used to occupy. For a while in New... [read more]

Your little prince or princess may be a tiny tot — but he or she still needs to be haute. Raziqueh Hussain explores the happening babywear market [read more]

As seventh-grade Woodrow Wilson student Baelee Stearley stood in her cheerleading uniform, with the gold beads of a Saudi Arabian headpiece resting on her forehead and covering her red-ribboned ponytail, she embodied the message of the day. [read more]

For centuries, the traditional Turkish-style bathhouse -- hamam in Arabic -- has been a cornerstone of life in the Middle East, a place for social gatherings as well as for ritual cleansing. [read more]

Saudi Arabia- Ministry considering dawa wing for women [read more]

JEDDAH: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs is to look into the possibility of establishing a ladies’ dawa department in which women would be employed as preachers to address women issues that cannot be handled by men. [read more]

P.J. Wilson – for the Review Senior Nadia Abraibesh shared the experience of attending her cousin’s traditional Libyan wedding to students and faculty members in a packed Jonasson Hall on Nov. 10. Abraibesh explained the engagement, wedding and post-wedding process of a traditional Libyan wedding, which is different from traditional Western ceremonies. “Weddings are extremely important and are ... [read more]

SANAA (AFP) - For centuries, the traditional Turkish-style bathhouse -- hamam in Arabic -- has been a cornerstone of life in the Middle East, a place for social gatherings as well as for ritual cleansing. [read more]

The Visual Arts Studio houses six visiting artists work for the show "Body Text = Gender." The focus of the exhibit is reflection on cultural attitudes toward the body, gender and sexuality as well as representation of the body. The unique combination of concepts may contribute to the difficulty of understanding how the works relate to the theme. [read more]