Mixing satire and splendor, the Krewe of Olympians opened its gala masked ball in the Royal Tent on the grounds of the New Orleans Country Club. The tableau’s satire presented certain luminaries in ...

In the Royal Tent at New Orleans Country Club last evening, the Caliphs of Cairo traveled to 19th-century Venice to celebrate Carnival with Emperor Meiji and the Gentlemen of Japan. The ...

He is: al-‘Ubaydi al-Fatimi, of Maghribi origin, but born, housed, and raised in Egypt; third of ‘Ubayd’s descendants as Caliphs in Egypt; the sixth in order of succession from his ancestors in the ...

“Islam, Empire, and Modernity: Turkey from the Caliphs to the 21st Century” will be taught in Cairo, Egypt, at American University in Cairo, and in Istanbul, Turkey, at the Research Center for ...