A Tale of Two Cities In the grand historical narrative of the Islamic world, two cities have stood out as dominant forces: Baghdad, the intellectual, cultural, and scientific hub of the Islamic Golden ...

They include innovations in jewellery: Al-Khwārizmī, the Persian mathematician, astronomer, geographer and scholar in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad with his a decimal counting system set to ...

Pupils are introduced to traditional male and female attire and fashion accessories as a merchant and his wife prepare to take up a prestigious invitation to the House of Wisdom in Baghdad.

In the winter of A.D.1258, when the Mongols sacked Baghdad under Hulegu Khan, great destruction was visited upon the city and its inhabitants. The Bayt al Hikma, or House of Wisdom, was plundered ...

The future is not written in the stars, but in the choices you make: Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan al-Bariqi What if the genesis of modern chemistry—the perio ...

The caliph Al-Ma’mun of the Abbasid dynasty in Baghdad put Hunayn ibn Ishaq in charge of the translators at the city’s famous Bayt al-Hikma, or House of Wisdom. By the 900s, drawing from a ...

Emirati publisher, author, and advocate for women’s empowerment, Bodour Al Qasimi, has made history as the first woman from ...

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), in collaboration with the United Nations Development ...