Calligraphy may consist of a Quranic verse, or famous sayings or lessons. "Since my childhood ... art was officially ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar Assad, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse of Arabic poetry on his cell wall — an expression of pain and love amid ...

The Abdelzaher family is the last to preserve Cairo’s ancient bookbinding craft, keeping the tradition alive in the digital ...

By Alissa J. Rubin The Islamic State has lost thousands of fighters to death or prison and suffered the demise of its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria. But the global reach of the group ...

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In his first term, President Donald Trump declared victory over the Islamic State. It was December 2018 and Trump announced that the U.S.-led coalition against the extremist Islamist group had ...

Jabbar, who died in a shoot-out with police, had pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group in online videos posted on Dec. 31, according to the FBI. It represents the first major assault on an ...

President Joe Biden said New Orleans attacker posted video beforehand indicating he was inspired by Islamic State group on Wednesday. A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up ...

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The attacker had previously posted videos on social media indicating that the Islamic State inspired him to kill, Biden said. The FBI on Thursday said the attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, is believed ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. The FBI says it recovered the black banner of the Islamic State group from the truck that an American man from Texas smashed into New Year’s partygoers in New ...