The reliably accomplished John Niven’s latest novel is The Fathers (Canongate), a witty account of parenthood and masculinity ...

The imagery of Karbala has also permeated modern political and revolutionary literature. During the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran, Karbala’s symbolism was frequently invoked. The slogan “Every ...

Death does not kill alone/Nor does he fight singly/He goes to war with plenty of warriors…/He sends Disease first/He sends ...

The legendary Macedonian King Alexander III, famously known as Alexander the Great (who was educated by the titanic Greek ...

At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., stands a 46-inch-tall model of an American icon – the Statue of ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain ...

The lines above are from Professor Bade Ajuwon’s, ‘Ogun’s Iremoje: A Philosophy of Living and Dying’, taken from Sandra ...

Most Americans are all familiar with the reason we celebrate July Fourth as Independence Day. But do you remember these other ...

FUKUOKA, Japan - “Eighty years ago today, (my father, Lt. Kentaro Toji) was one of the executioners in an incident involving ...

Tasu'a in the Islamic calendar refers to the ninth day of Muharram. A day before Imam Hussein (PBUH) and his true companions ...

World War II survivors and experts took part in the final installment of the Marianas Storytelling series at the Guam Museum ...

He set his frequently neurotic characters in bleak, morally ambiguous situations where laughter, as he put it, “is a measure ...