There's more to wearing the "niqab" -- the austere, all-covering veil favored by ultra-religious Muslim women -- than meets the eye. A recent declaration by a leading Egyptian cleric that women will ...

Hundreds of Palestinians in Northern Gaza held spontaneous protests against Hamas. Hamas has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007 and protests against the group are rare and quickly stifled. Host Marco ...

But today, dressed in a navy blue blazer, brown pants and a navy sweater, the pharmacy professor is making his way back to the university where he taught before the war: Al-Azhar University.

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The holy Muslim fasting month has always been an opportunity to share the Iftar meal, with this taking on magnificent ...