With Hajj just around the corner, I compiled a list of things useful for women to pack, based on my...
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Upon entering the maqam of Sunan Gunung Jati in Cirebon, one dives into a sensory deluge. Shrine keepers wave you...
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According to a 1925 guidebook, Lisbon is “a fair vision in a dream, clear-cut against a bright blue sky which the...
The Seyahetname of Evliya Çelebi is a multivolume travel account of a larger-than-life Ottoman gentleman from 17th century Anatolia. Educated...
In the last few years, the number of Muslims visiting Jerusalem and Palestine has steadily increased. There are likely to...
People often ask what there is to do in Dubai aside from eat and shop. Having spent some time living there, I decided to compile my own list, based on some of my own favourite places to go and things to do. If malls are not really your thing, and you're not into desert 'excursions' that confuse Arab traditions with Bollywood (yes, this really happens), check out the list below for ideas that won't break the bank, don't require hotel tour guides, and have a little more substance than the usual tourist spots.
Zara Choudhary on 7 places to visit in Fes, especially as a Muslim traveller. At more than a thousand years...
At the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, in Spain's Andalusia province, sits the historic city of Granada. For almost 250 years, between 1238 and 1492, the city, then part of the Nasrid Kingdom, stood as the last remaining Muslim stronghold in the peninsula. Under the Nasrids, it became a hub for economic prosperity, cultural influence and intellectual development.
Listen to the audio version of this article: Podcast Ep 31 KHAYAL DIARIES | Lessons From Life on the Road...
For the first time in many years Karachi is in a good position to say Khush Amdeed – Welcome! So if you’re planning...
The Prophet ﷺ once sent forth a man to meet with an Arab tribe. When the man eventually returned to...
