An ancient soap-making tradition in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has been added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. NPR visits one of the oldest soap factories in the city of Nablus.

Some 90,000 Palestinians have prayed at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by Israeli ...

Produced in an era crowded with movies about division, Matthew Rankin’s ‘Universal Language’ stands out for its generosity, for the way it insists that compassion is always possible, even in an estran ...

Discover how educational architecture in the Middle East transforms into cultural hubs that foster innovation and community ...

Around this time, our cars would usually be leaving the Yarmouk Valley brimming with zucchini, beans and tomatoes. This year, ...

Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based Syrian Jewish religious figures last week was their first time back since then.

The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Center (ALC) has launched the first phase of its community campaign to promote sustainable reading, covering the first half of 2025 at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, with ...

Unless you’re in Kalamata, Greece, the initial answer to a question about a first visit to a new restaurant likely isn’t, “Wow, the olives ...

The Spoke, a 211-unit mixed-use development that includes 21 affordable, pre-leased spaces, has opened in Redmond’s Marymoor Village neighborhood, near Marymoor Park and just south of the new Marymoor ...

“Israel is the Iron Dome of the Druze in Syria, many want to be annexed Israel or have reciprocal relations with it,” a Druze cleric from Sweida told TPS-IL. The city of around 138,000 lies near the ...

Most of the fighters didn't even speak Arabic, he says ... apparently the beginnings of a field hospital. The cement on the walls was still wet and the paint fresh. But left behind now is ...

The Diriyah Biennale Foundation announced Tuesday the opening of Biennale Nights, as part of its Ramadan celebrations. The Biennale Nights will include a special series of events at the Islamic Arts ...