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    Lebanese architect Nour Rouhana blends past, present in historic RAK fort

    26 Dec 2020

    The fort had inspired her to discover and dig deep into the rich history of the UAE, and the big steps it took towards modernisation within a few years

    Fourth Arab Forum for Cultural Heritage proposes new initiatives

    09 Jun 2023

    Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Sharjah, the 4th Arab Forum for Cultural Heritage concluded its activities in Sharjah.

    Archaeologists discover oldest evidence of curry ever found outside India

    25 Jul 2023

    They could trace these remains to spices of South Asian and Indonesian origins, which are essential components of modern-day South Asian curries.

    Iran's ancient 'wind catchers' beat the heat naturally

    26 Jul 2023

    The oldest of the city's 700 wind catchers dates back to the 14th century, but the architectural feature is believed to date back as far as 2,500 years when the Persian Empire ruled over much of the Middle East.

    American education and the great white lies

    07 Aug 2023

    Recent battles over how to teach history in American schools have focused on views of America’s domestic racism, but that’s only one piece of the problem of how we view history. Our pre-college curriculums and popular histories are filled with stories of great white men who single-handedly changed the world.

    Archaeologists uncover Europe's oldest stilt village

    11 Aug 2023

    A stretch of the Albanian shore of the lake once hosted a settlement of stilt houses some 8,000 years ago, archaeologists believe, making it the oldest lakeside village in Europe discovered to date.

    Curiously speaking

    10 May 2022

    It took 30 years for Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar to realise that very little has been written about the 11th century great warrior Prithviraj Chauhan. His observation came at a time when Akshay is awaiting the release of his upcoming biographical

    History cannot remain masculine

    10 Jun 2018

    It is human nature to write of that which interests us, of facts that are deemed essential at the time of inscription and that is why history as is documented, is as much an interpretation, as it is a collection of facts.

    New York's Central Park inaugurates statue of 'real women'

    27 Aug 2020

    New York's Central Park inaugurated its first statue honoring "real women," two of them white and one black, all of them pioneers in the struggle for women's rights.

    How Wolff’s hard-won thesis on Trump plays out

    20 Jul 2021

    Maybe the word “Trump,” a century from now, will no longer designate a man — or even a presidential administration. Perhaps it will be the name of an epoch. A decisive period in human history when the United States suffered a near-death

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