‘upholders of Ali’), who believe that the caliphate should have passed to the Prophet’s descendants by Ali and Fatima instead of to the Umayyad dynasty founded by Muawiyyah. The split has lasted ever ...

In an era dominated by tech giants worth trillions of dollars, no European firm started from scratch in the past 50 years is today valued at more than a mere hundred billion (Spotify, a music ...

As midday approaches in Damascus, Syria’s capital, thousands of people from all corners of the country converge on Umayyad Square, the city’s political and geographical heart. The square, once ...