Culture & Arts

The Arabic Calligraphy Center “Wal-Qalam”, affiliated to Dar Al-Qur’an in Imam Hussein Holy Shrine (peace be upon him), concluded the exhibition of selected calligraphy works of the first round of the international Arabic calligraphy competition with the presence of calligraphers…

A report released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which was released this week, exposes the FBI’s use of the Terrorism Screening Database, with more than 98% of entries being Muslim names. CAIR analyzed over 1.5 million entries obtained…

The first modern art gallery in the Arab world reopened its doors three years after the explosion which damaged 57 artworks but, they have now been restored by a team of Lebanese and foreign artists. All the pieces in the…

The educational program of the Zainabiyah School, which was launched in 1981 by a group of Shia followers of AhlulBayt, peace be upon them, reached out to more than 25,000 students around the world, especially in rural and impoverished areas…

The Shiarzi-affiliated centers and foundations in Iraq have begun intensifying their efforts by holding cultural and developmental programs to serve the Husseini Cause, ahead of the months of sorrow. In this regard, Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Center for Strategic Studies, a center…

The Governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, signed a bipartisan resolution on Saturday declaring January as Muslim Heritage Month, media outlets reported. New Jersey is home to more than 300,000 Muslim residents. This month comes to celebrate the history, accomplishments and…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) recently unveiled six additional permanent galleries in its Art of the Islamic Worlds wing. An Iranian-born collector, Hossein Afshar, and al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait have provided most of the works on display. The…

World Book Day is an internationally recognized event celebrated on the 23rd of April, which was introduced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The idea was inspired by booksellers in Catalonia, Spain, where a strand of…

A massive fire raced through an overcrowded refugee camp for Rohingya people in southern Bangladesh, leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said. Thousands of people lost their homes as the fire, which broke out on Sunday,…

The American famous “Metropolitan Museum of Art” has published on its official website, an art painting, dating back to the Ottoman era, which lists what it described the first historical stages leading to the Battle of Karbala. In its description…