On November 27, a coalition of armed opposition groups, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) began an offensive against government-held positions in Aleppo and Idlib provinces in the northwest of Syria.

Ironically, the 14th century Arab and Muslim thinker and historian Ibn Khaldun, explains and justifies why the law defining the nation-ness of the state is necessary (as opposed to laws defining ...

But he doesn’t have the time to rethink the history before he dies? SR: Ibn Khaldun does have a very modern-seeming impatience with the old Arab chronicles and their exaggerations though? RI: He’s ...

Birthday of the Philosopher Ibn Khaldun, see our special doodle on www.google.com #ibn5ldoon #tunisia Meanwhile, I also came across this interesting blog post at SheikhyNotes, Ibn Khaldun the father ...

An avid reader, great traveller, experienced politician and extraordinary historian, Ibn Khaldun was one of the greatest and most influential men in the medieval Arab World “He who has not seen ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests Robert Hoyland, Robert Irwin and Hugh Kennedy discuss the life and ideas of the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests ...

The great fourteenth century Arab scholar and historian Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), in his monumental work on Islamic history called the “Muqaddimah,” offered insights about the nexus between ...

Covering nearly a third of a continent, the Sahara has been the scene of migrations, military battles and fights over natural resources.

A view shows a damaged poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, after the Syrian army said dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the city ...