From Vatican to the Kaaba: Islamic Arts Biennale marks the public ... from all over the world —has been sheathed with a new Kiswah every year during the Hajj pilgrimage. The old one is usually ...

Five years ago, we warned that a snap decision to depart Syria — abandoning the U.S. Kurdish-led partner force that has fought the Islamic State in Syria for the last 10 years while thousands of ...

Bouchtart said that the Amazigh New Year is unique as it’s the only celebration in Morocco that doesn’t have a religious meaning, unlike the Gregorian or Islamic New Years. “Before the ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to ...

Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly cycles of the moon's phases. The lunar new year starts with the ...

Chinese New Year — also widely called Lunar New Year — celebrates the arrival of spring. It's known as the Spring Festival in China and is also celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia ...

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring festivals marks the beginning of a new zodiac cycle. The festival is celebrated by Chinese people over several days. People celebrate the ...

Other people also celebrate based on the lunar calendar as well as a lunisolar calendar, such as the Islamic New Year, which will be on July 25 this year. The Jewish calendar is also lunisolar ...

From sharing food with family to visiting temples and more, here are common Chinese New Year traditions you need to remember for a prosperous year The new year signifies a year of fresh beginnings ...

The lavishly mounted exhibition brings art to the people, especially pilgrims traveling to the faith’s birthplace.

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial HASSAKEH ... in December has led to new attention, and new pressures, on such ...