In the last few years, the number of Muslims visiting Jerusalem and Palestine has steadily increased. There are likely to...
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A travel journal or blog, is not a new fad. Persians called it a safarnama, a travelogue. Nasir Khusrow, a Persian...
With Hajj just around the corner, I compiled a list of things useful for women to pack, based on my...
Centered around al-Aqsa compound and the old city of Jerusalem, Ramadan celebrations in Palestine are like no other. The streets...
The erudite spiritual master and saint Ibn Ata’illah, may God have mercy upon him, says in his Aphorisms (al-Hikam), “Let...
In episode two Zara speaks to one half of spoken word duo Poetic Pilgrimage, poet and playwright, Sukina Pilgrim about her experience of visiting the rawdah of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in Madina, and the challenges and joys that it entailed.
If we take a 400 metre walk from the bustling Sultan Ahmed tram station – the gateway to the two...
The Muslim Traveller’s Guide to Japan. For Muslims visiting Japan, and those interested in culture, art, nature and spirituality, Yasmine Ahmed-Lea provides an...
In 1947, Pakistan emerged on the world map with a predominantly Muslim population. However, before partition, a number of other religions were practiced in the region, including Hinduism. Hinduism first established its roots, and was adopted by the Indus civilisation, between 2300 BC and 1500 BC. Some of the earliest Hindu temples once stood in what is now Pakistan; their traces can still be seen in the ruins that exist today, in varying degrees of dilapidation.
Al-Haram al-Ibrahimi, known as the Cave of Patriarchs in Jewish tradition, is a cluster of caves situated in the heart...
Sana Gillani visits the tombs of her ancestors: the parents of the influential scholar and saint Shakyh Abdul Qadir al-Gilani in Iran.
Historian Hassam Munir tells Zara about the cultural exchange between the Muslim and Chinese worlds. He talks about the history of Islam in China, explaining how and when it first reached the region and whether or not a Companion of the Prophet (pbuh) ever visited China. He also tells us about the Uyghur people and their history, as well as the influence of prominent Chinese Muslim scholars and the scholarship they produced.
