EditorialThe Saudi director Mohammad Makki, second from right, with the cast of his television series “Takki” at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 6, 2021. (Iman Al-Dabbagh/The New York Times)
EditorialIslamic art. Tombstone of Shaykh 'Afif Allah, son of 'Abdallah, son of 'Ali, son of Sulayman son of 'Arafa, al-Makki. 767H, /1365-6 AD. Basalt. 50x57x22 cm. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia.
EditorialIslamic art. Tombstone of Shaykh 'Afif Allah, son of 'Abdallah, son of 'Ali, son of Sulayman son of 'Arafa, al-Makki. 767H, /1365-6 AD. Basalt. 50x57x22 cm. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia.
EditorialBasalt tombstone of Isa B Ahmad al-Akki, Dahlak Archipe-lago, Red Sea, 1188. It is inscribed with Isa B Ahmadi al-Akki and seven of his forefathers and with verses from the Koran. The Dahlak Archipelago off Eritrea had been used as a place of exile by ...