I experienced an unforgettable Iraqi food feast in Baiji, featuring incredible kebabs, rice, and a variety of Middle Eastern street food! From tepsi baytinijan to bamia, hummus, and shawarma, the ...

The Ottoman minaret, which is the standard minaret type in Türkiye and across the Balkans as well as being found in the Middle East, has unique stylistic qualities of slenderness and shape Islam is a ...

This photo taken on March 3, 2025 shows the spiraling minaret of Abu Dulaf Mosque on the outskirts of Samarra, in Salahuddin province, Iraq. Samarra Archaeological City, located about 130 km north of ...

Iraqi police say an explosion has damaged one of the most important Islamic architectural monuments. The spiral minaret, in the town of Samarra, is more than 1,000 years old. Police say insurgents ...

Samarra (IraqiNews.com) – Lexus recently brought their luxury sedan, the Lexus ES, to one of Iraq’s most iconic landmarks, the Great Mosque of Samarra’s spiral minaret, for an exclusive photo shoot ...

Samarra (Iraq) (AFP) – Khaled Ibrahim dreams of a home on the outskirts of Samarra, but a concrete wall built to protect the Iraqi city is stopping him and hampering sorely-needed urban expansion.

The Malwiya minaret of Samarra was a familiar site for Walid Siti during his bus travels between Iraqi Kurdistan and the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad, from which he graduated in 1976. A ...