The She-Camel of God (Arabic: نَاقة الله, romanized: naaqat Allah, lit. 'camel of God (f.)') in Islam was a miraculous female camel sent by God to the...

of Thamud in ancient Arabia, before the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The story of Salih is linked to the story of the She-Camel of God,...

the story of the Thamūd and their negative attitude to the warnings they received from God's messenger, to their killing of the she-camel, and finally...

Madagascar. Besides getting the name wrong, he wrote of lions, giraffes, camels and huge flying birds on his mythical island that lifted elephants off the...

treated with calcium hydroxide and oils and fats instead of soaps. The basic constituents of tadelakt plaster are: lime plaster (not Portland cement)...

Tunisia and conquest of the latter in the 11th century. It was declared one of mankind's Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by the...

The next night, as soon as she finishes the tale, she begins another one, and the king, eager to hear the conclusion of that tale as well, postpones...

مدينة, romanized: madīnah, lit. 'city') is a historical district in a number of North African cities, often corresponding to an old walled city. The term...

A riad or riyad (Arabic: رياض, romanized: riyāḍ) is a type of garden courtyard historically associated with house and palace architecture in the Maghreb...

world". Those inscriptions include the name of God or the ruler. As an example, the inscription inside the Dome of the Rock is written in Kufic. Throughout...

subdivision of the Arab people and the largest ethnic group among Muslims globally, followed by Bengalis and Punjabis. Likewise, they comprise the majority of the...

the domains of creation, eschatology, and episodes of biblical prophetology. Both treat the story of the tribe of Thamud and the she-camel, describe an...

"oriental dancing") is the classical Egyptian style of belly dance that developed during the first half of the 20th century. Raqs sharqi was developed by Taheyya...

genre. The poetic form consists of a multi-lined strophic verse poem written in classical Arabic, usually consisting of five stanzas, alternating with...

same meaning or origin. The etymology of the term is closely linked to that of the place name Arabia. The root of the word has many meanings in Semitic...

associated with Sufis in the Islamic world. It can serve a variety of functions such a place of worship, school, monastery and/or mausoleum. In some regions...

love of women. He says that he is a Muslim, that there is only one God and that Mohammed is his prophet. He says that he is the servant of God. He says...

the "good and bountiful god". A stele at Ras esh-Shaar shows him riding a horse with a lance while the god Saad is riding a camel. Abgal, Ma'n and Sa'd...

Al-Andalus. However, the first written record of the garment being worn in Morocco is from the 16th century, she states. According to Naima El Khatib Boujibar...

occasions in her artistic career. She inspired Beyoncé to explore this type of dance in her Beautiful Liar collaboration where she also acted as choreographer...

adultery, and that the Quran is filled with stories, such as the She-Camel of God and God giving Jesus an "incorruptible table." Against the Jacobites Against...

represent almost every type of ancient Arabian poetry. Tarafa's poem includes a long, anatomically exact description of his camel, common in pre-Islamic poetry...

three-part structure runs as follows: A desert motif (the nasīb) A description of a camel or a horse (the raḥīl) A tribal boast or similar (the fakhr) The tripartite...

thousand Egyptian dinars, a camel load of Dabiqi clothes, of ciclatoum, of squirrel-furred gowns, of Dimyati brocade, and of turbans. Dabiqi cloth was linen...

sometimes pseudo-Arabic, is a style of decoration used during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, consisting of imitations of the Arabic script, especially...

mathematics and science are seen to be creations of God and therefore reflections of the same thing: God's will expressed through his creation. In other...

music or Arab-Andalusian music, is a genre of music originally developed in al-Andalus by the Muslim population of the region and the Moors. It then spread...

small fortification built along a frontier during the first years of the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb to house military volunteers, called murabitun, and...

French-Moroccan woman shares a memory of her first enlightening visit to a hammam when she was 12. Visiting a hammam was very much a part of the Western tourist experience...

her execution. The stories are told over a period of one thousand and one nights, and every night she ends the story with a suspenseful situation, forcing...