As chaos envelops Egypt and threatens the wider Middle East, an emerging divide exists among some thoughtful observers as to how far events will be shaped by the Muslim Brotherhood. In a ...

In the middle of Cairo’s sprawl lies the City of the Dead, a dense, two-mile-long grid of tombs and mausoleums that dates back to the conquest of Egypt in AD 642 by Arab Muslims, when their ...

Originally a desert plain outside the city, it first came into use soon after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 700s.

Originally a desert plain outside the city, it first came into use soon after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 700s.

In Cairo’s City of the Dead, where homes are mausoleums and communities have grown among the graves, residents speak out ...

Ibn Abd al-Hakam, a 9th-century Egyptian historian and compiler whose work is essential for understanding the Muslim conquest of Egypt and who was one of the first to document the existence of the ...

The Dome of the Rock gleams on Jerusalem’s skyline with its stunning golden dome and intricate Islamic mosaics. To the uninformed, it may appear as a timeless Islamic site but for those who know ...

CAIRO — For centuries, sultans and princes, saints and scholars, elites and commoners have been buried in two sprawling cemeteries in Egypt’s capital, creating a unique historic city of the dead.

Pope Francis flies to Egypt on Friday to show solidarity with the country's persecuted Christians and to try to mend relations with Muslims across the region. Francis will meet with Pope Tawadros ...

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the battle was a consequential victory for the Muslim army and the beginning of the eventual Muslim conquest of Persia.

Originally a desert plain outside the city, it first came into use soon after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 700s.