The Fatimids created the first alternative Muslim empire to fully challenge the orthodox Sunni Caliphate and ran a highly civilized, assiduously cultured and tolerant outfit.

The Fatimids’ proclivity for exuberant, winking figural art speaks to “a certain kind of intangible culture that lends itself to satire and to comedy,” Al-Khamis explains.

The Fatimids were great patrons of the arts, funding a flowering of creativity, and encouraging an unparalleled pluralistic approach to culture.

This survey in 14 essays of Fatimid art between the 10th and 12th centuries showcases the pottery, rock crystal, metalwork, textile, architectural, wood, and calligraphic creations of one of the most ...

Elsewhere in his remarks, the brigadier general pointed to the other salient characteristics of the Fatimids and added, “The Fatimids enjoy good insight and wisdom. The Zionist regime, Takfiri ...

At its height, the Fatimid Caliphate stretched across the southern Mediterranean, from eastern Morocco to southern Turkey. From their base in Syria in 909, the Fatimids’ Ismaili leaders marched ...

A landmark exhibition exploring the World of the Fatimids opened Saturday at the Aga Khan Museum. Curated by renowned cultural historian Dr. Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani, the exhibition is ...

As Greif tells it, the Fatimids had a weak bureaucracy that saved itself administrative trouble by relying on community associations. If the newcomers wanted to govern their own affairs among ...

The exhibition, titled The World of the Fatimids, will run from 10 March to 2 July, providing North America with its first display of carefully selected Fatimid artworks, according to the museum.

The Fatimids: Portrait of a Dynasty. Delia Cortese. Highlighting the history of the Fatimid dynasty across North Africa, Egypt, Sicily, Syria, Palestine and Arabia, ...

70 70 people viewed this event. The World of the Fatimids sheds light on one of historys most intriguing and vibrant civilizations, which at its height in the 10th and 11th centuries influenced ...