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The term Shura was mentioned twice in the holy Quran first as a predictive statement: (And those who answer the call of their Lord and establish worship, and whose affairs are a matter of counsel, and...

Georges Lefebvre's book The Coming of the French Revolution was recently translated into Arabic by Dr Abdul Nabi Kawara. It does not view the French revolution as a mere political event. Rather, the...

The holy month of Ramadhan has come and with it a set of controversies including the opening of restaurant at daytime for non-Muslims, Muslims exempted from fasting and labourers assigned to practice...

Badr al Abri His Highness Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham al Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth and general supervisor of the Cultural Club extended a generous invitation to Prince El Hassan bin...

Whenever I travelled to Alexandria from Cairo via the desert road, I pondered on the Gnosticism of Alexandria that existed in abbeys scattered across the Berbers desert where generations of monks...

Knowledge, be it spawned by humanities or experimental and applied sciences, can accommodate everyone. Knowledge touches people’s lives and reality and redresses their issues and problems, however...

The Muscat International Book Fair in its 27th edition is no longer a locally limited cultural flagship event that Omanis eagerly awaited every February, yearly, but a destination for a flock of...

The Ibn Khaldon Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences at Qatar University conducted a symposium entitled “Where is the Gulf going to, intellectually? A reading in the Transformations of the Gulf...

The two terms ‘civilisation’ and ‘culture’ are inextricably interrelated. No civilisation would ever exist without culture. Civilisation is linked to humans by means of science, reason,...

Human societies experience natural calamities such as earthquakes, volcanoes, floods and storms. Societies also experience man-made catastrophes like wars and the manufacture of weapons that take the...

The West Bank city of Jenin is the economic powerhouse of Palestine and one of the oldest cities in the region. A city that is mentioned in the three monotheistic religions. Jenin refugee camp was set...

The selection of Basra to host the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup marked a wise gesture that carries broader vision than merely a biennial football event.Talking about Basra means talking about Iraq with its...

On the third anniversary of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik’s accession to power on January 11, His Majesty issued Royal Orders providing financial support to charity teams operating within...

It is hard to foresee what is going to happen in 2023 since we are only at the onset of the year. However, years are merely numbers but realities are interconnected with each other. Hence, it is...

Speaking about the regime in our Arab world, particularly in the Gulf region, is complicated and extremely sensitive because the three powers are not yet clearly crystalised and the authority is akin...

The Gregorian calendar is no longer a Christian calendar nor does it have a Christian or Western legacy. The Gregorian calendar of today brings humanity as a whole together regardless of the...