The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry believed to be ...

This talk examines the social history of oriental carpets, particularly the production and circulation of carpets by Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. It discusses the central role of mass ...

Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...

The Ottomans are one of the most interesting, yet misunderstood, dynasties in history. How did the Empire come about? Did ...

Turkey is not the largest power interested in Africa. Its economic engagement, arms sales, and foreign aid are dwarfed by one or more of the major powers.

The Hudson Institute’s Michael Doran even imagines such an entente including Sunni Turkey, standing as an Ottoman wall against the Persians and reinforced with Israeli air power. None of this ...

Last year, the African Union declared 2024 “The Year of Education.” This was a crucial call to action for African nations to accelerate their efforts towards ensuring quality education for all, as a ...

One of Greece’s Dubai Chocolate halva versions is sandwiched between two layers of dark chocolate, while the halva mixture is pistachio-flavored and loaded with minuscule shreds of roasted kataifi.

South Africa v Nigeria (Group C) Benin v Lesotho (Group C) Zimbabwe v Rwanda (Group C) Cape Verde v Cameroon (Group D) Angola v Mauritius (Group D) Libya v Eswatini (Group D) Zambia v Morocco ...

A Muslim born in Macedonia, known alternatively as Mehmet Ali, he went to Egypt in 1801 as second-in-command of the Albanian contingent of an Ottoman army to retake control of the country after the ...

The U.S. government has shut down Power Africa, a program launched in 2013 by former President Barack Obama to expand electricity access across Africa, Bloomberg reports. Most of Power Africa’s ...

Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago. Previously, the oldest secure evidence for humans living in African rainforests dated to about ...