its production methods were obtained from prisoners captured during the Battle of Talas that occurred in 751 CE. The art of paper-making soon spread to the Islamic cities of Baghdad and Samarkand.

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Bayt al-Hikma, or the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, emerged in the ninth century—even before the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, widely considered the first academy of sciences. The Banu Musa ...

Baghdad – The smell of dampness rises through the dust at a private club in central Baghdad, one of many shut in a crackdown on alcohol sales in Iraq. “We appealed to all authorities in the ...

Several private "social" clubs that have operated in Baghdad for decades were sent official letters in November forbidding them from manufacturing and serving alcoholic beverages. In the case of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and terrorism crimes, authorities announced on Friday.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – On December 27, The Gallery in Baghdad opened its doors to an inspiring art exhibition by Mazin Ahmed, a distinguished Iraqi artist and expatriate who has lived in ...

The World must act to exclude genocidally racist Apartheid Israel from all trade, cultural, scholarly and sporting links and apply rigorous Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) not only ...

Art in a State of Siege, Joseph Leo Koerner, Princeton University Press, 408pp, 32 colour and 103 b/w illustrations, $37 (hb), 4 February Joseph Leo Koerner considers “What do artworks look like ...

United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk is calling for an end to the siege of El Fasher in Sudan's North Darfur state, which has resulted in hundreds of civilian deaths and injuries ...

Baghdad, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Sunday ordered for the inauguration of the airport in second city Mosul to be held in June, marking 11 years since jihadists took ...