Walking through the heart of the old city, one may find its cobblestoned streets lead them to a compound accentuated...
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Al-Hujeireh mosque sits quietly, nestled among its neighbours, seeking little attention. Walk through its outer doors and you find yourself...
Over the course of my life, whenever I visited Pakistan, it was always to visit family in Karachi. For whatever...
In the centre of Cairo lies a city within a city. With its thousand year old walls, Islamic or Medieval Cairo, once the seat of power in the region, consists of the oldest parts of the city established under the Fatimids. Among these historic streets, beginning at Bab al-Futuh in the north stretching down to Bab Zuweila in the south, is a 10th century road that boasts the highest concentration of medieval architecture in the Islamic world.
Those who have followed Sacred Footsteps for some time will know that one of the things we aim to do...
As soon as I stepped out of the taxi I knew I had chosen the wrong time of day. Without...
For our first ever crossover episode, Zara speaks to Imran Ali Malik, host of the American Submitter podcast. They discuss the concept of travel as a 'mutual unveiling' and share 'transformative' travel experiences. Imran talks about his time in Guinea Bissau, where tribes were converting to Islam after an elder dreamt of the Prophet Muhammad (saw), and tells us about the Wali Songo, the 'Nine Saints' of Indonesia.
Heraa Hashmi on road-tripping through Morocco It began as a casual notion, amidst busy schedules and the occasional glance at...
Ramadan is the month of fasting, worship and Qur’an. It is a time to recalibrate the heart and redirect one’s...
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.
Each year in Rabi al-Awwal, the small island of Lamu plays host to a three day Maulid festival. Participants arrive...
A walk through the old sections of Istanbul and one will inevitably come across many graves and mausoleums. For the...
