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

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 ...

The first major international show on the Fatimid dynasty of Cairo in two decades, and the first of its kind in North America, has opened at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto (AKM). The World of the ...

The Fatimids Dynasty built one of the world’s oldest universities, defined luxury fashion for a millennium, compiled one of the greatest libraries, and fostered the development of arts and sciences.

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 ...

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 World of the Fatimids goes on display in Toronto. Nevine El-Aref, Wednesday 28 Feb 2018. A collection of Fatimid artefacts arrived safely in Canada for a temporary exhibition at the Aga Khan ...

CAIRO Egypt -- The Fatimids -- Shiite Muslims who invaded Egypt from Tunisia -- founded what would become the Sunni Muslim world's most prestigious seat of learning. Al-Azhar mosque was completed i… ...

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 ...