Egyptian officials are now hopeful that the recent burial of Aga Khan IV in the mausoleum's tomb in the city of Aswan will ...

In 642, the second caliph Omar conquered the city, which then remained under Muslim control for a thousand years. The Muslim eras saw the emergence of the Umayyads, Abbasids, Fatimids, and, later on, ...

I wrote a column that grappled with hope amid a world facing dark times. One of the things on my mind was starving children in Gaza. The column wasn't specifically about Gaza or the Middle East. It ...

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, was laid to rest in Aswan, Egypt, on Sunday during a private ceremony.His death, which was announced on February 4, 2025, at ...

He feels a strong link to the city as it was his ancestors, the Fatimids, who turned it into their capital and gave it the name by which it is known today. He holds up as an example to the modern ...

Known as "Al-Qāhirah" in Arabic, or "The Victorious," Cairo was established in the 10th century by the Fatimids, the Islamic rulers of North Africa and the Middle East from A.D. 909 to 1171.

De l'ésotérisme en islam ("The Fatimids. Esotericism in Islam"). However, this change of successor posed a major theological problem: Aren't imams supposed to be infallible and anticipate all ...

It pays homage to the Fatimid dynasty, from which the Ismaili Imams trace their lineage. The Fatimids ruled North Africa in the 10th century and later moved their capital to Cairo in 969 CE.