Arab American National Museum Director Diana Abouali says the facility—which is marking its 20th anniversary in 2025—in Dearborn, Michigan, has aimed to create a home for Arab Americans by preserving and presenting the history, culture and contributions of Arab immigrants as well as their native-born children and grandchildren.

For generations Cartier looked to the patterns, colors and shapes of the Islamic world to create striking jewelry.

Collector Nasreen Askari and her husband, Hasan, have turned their home into Pakistan’s first textile museum.

Until recently few outsiders knew the wooden mosques dotting the highlands of Georgia existed, leaving many of them to deteriorate. The rediscovery of the architectural gems has sparked a movement for their preservation.

In Smorgasbords of Andalusi and Mahgribi Dishes, Arab food historian Nawal Nasrallah breathes new life into an anonymously compiled 13th-century cookbook.

Across the Arabian Gulf, the traditional weaving craft records social heritage.

Artisans are preserving the elusive technique behind these pearls—handmade from a fish, not an oyster—in a town of Slavic, Byzantine and Ottomon influences.

Vancouver-based artist Marie Khouri turns Arabic calligraphy into a 3D examination of love in Baheb, on view at the Arab World Institute in Paris.

With his homemade telescope, Astrophotographer Zubuyer Kaolin brings the Orion Nebula close to home.

When the Grand Egyptian Museum officially opens its doors, it will reveal treasures from the ancient Egyptians and their storied past.

Golden Vessel From the Islamic Golden Age Reflects Cross-cultural Connections

Prior to our modern practice of image manipulation with editing software, photographers worked more with planned intention and craft.