History & geography corner

Common history errors Ahmed Sami Who burned the Library of Alexandria? Did Amr ibn al-Aas burn it when he entered Alexandria as a conqueror...?

Babylonian civilization Author's name: Khazal Al-Majidi This is the first scientific study of Babylonian civilization in the Arabic language. It sheds light, with information, explanation, and analysis, on the fifteen components of this civilization. The material elements are manifested in their tangible legacy in...

The Sumerian Civilization   Author: Khazaal Al-Majidi   The civilization of Sumer did not descend from the heavens, nor did it migrate from anywhere on Earth to settle in southern Iraq. Instead, it is a product of the Mesopotamian civilizations of prehistoric times, gradually...

Yemeni civilization Author's name: Khazal Al-Majidi The Yemeni civilization is a rare gem among the civilizations of the ancient world. It parallels and converges, in its general framework, with those civilizations, but it stands out from them with its uniqueness, which gives it a...

Indian civilization Author's name: Khazal Al-Majidi A comprehensive overview of Indian civilization from its beginnings to the present day. It is the oldest continuous civilization throughout all stages of history. It has preserved all the transformations that human civilizations have undergone, and has been...

Assyrian civilization Author's name: Khazal Al-Majidi The Assyrian civilization is one of the greatest civilizations in ancient history, and we can almost say that it is the greatest when talking about an imperial civilization. The book "Assyrian Civilization" by the thinker and historian Khazal...

The Shihuh and the history of the Musandam Peninsula ‎ Author's name: Faleh Hanzal This book, "The Shihuh and the History of the Musandam Peninsula in the Arabian Gulf," by Dr. Faleh Hanzal, explores the lineage and genealogy of the noble Shihuh tribe, the...

Racism in the Gulf Author's name: Noura Mohammed Faraj This work deals specifically with racism against blacks. We chose the term “blacks” to be devoid of any positive or negative connotation, i.e., a semantic zero. Its importance lies in its examination of the history...

Devastated and amazed Plugs and fittings Author's name: Abdullah bin Salim Al Rashid Literature has classes, and each class has its people. Several classes may come together in a single author. Look wherever you will in the collections of some of the greats, and...

Before the light Author's name: Dr. Mira Murad Al-Balushi, may God have mercy on her She had finished her book (Before the Light) and passed away in a tragic accident about a year ago. Her family printed the book and her father gave it...

History of Arabic Literature From the pre-Islamic era to the mid-twentieth century Author's name: Ahmed Hassan Al-Zayat Investigation | Graduation | Commentary | Control | Study: Abdul Salam Al-Ragheb | Asim Muhammad Number of pages: 736 It is well known that the Arabic language...

Historical anecdotes Collection of letters dealing with rare historical events Author's name: Several authors History is one of the sciences that delights the soul and pleases the mind, due to what it contains of amazing news and strange incidents. From this standpoint, the author,...

Tales from the Homeland's Notebook Author's name: Salah Issa From tales of the time of the concubines, through death on the Scorpions Hill, the adventures of Abdullah Effendi Palmer, the Patriarch in Exile, and the executioner of Denshaway, until Abd al-Hakam raised the flag,...

A message on the way to our culture Author's name: Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker

My life in my stories Author's name: Hassan El Shafei

Nazli, Queen in Exile Author's name: Rawya Rashid A strange coincidence led media personality Rawya Rashed to stop in front of a small mansion in Beverly Hills, USA, before discovering that it was Queen Nazli's villa. Attracted by the dramatic life of the villa's...

Farah Pahlavi Memoirs Author's name: Farah Pahlavi "When I remember that morning in January 1979, the same sense of aching sadness comes back to me in all its intensity. Tehran had been suffering under a brutal attack for months, but now a tense silence...

Nuclear Comedy Author's name: Nasser Al-Aouni What's the connection between a comedian and a physicist? Between a comedian and a destroyer? Between the master of the silent screen and the father of the bomb? Between happiness and pain? Robert Oppenheimer and Charlie Chaplin... a...

Arab history From the beginning of the Crusades to the end of the Ottoman Empire Author's name: Issa Al-Hassan The Crusades were nothing more than a military clash and a long, arduous cultural confrontation between the Arab-Islamic East and the Catholic European West. This...

Andalusia trip Author's name: Mohamed Labib Al-Batnouni While in Europe, Muhammad Labib al-Batnuni sent a collection of letters to Al-Ahram newspaper, which published them under the title “A Tour of Spain.” He has compiled these letters between the covers of this book to create...