Photo Essays

On 15 August 1947, British India split into two nations – Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. The two countries continue to be hostile towards each other despite some efforts to improve bilateral ties. By Shamil Shams

It's a wonder of human ambition and engineering set in the middle of Cairo. Al-Azhar Park was built on a 500-year-old rubble heap and is now a green jewel for the Egyptian capital. By Timothy Rooks

With Turkey′s free press increasingly muzzled, how far do cartoonists dare to go? A new exhibition at the Caricatura Gallery in Kassel, Germany showcases examples of their work. By Bettina Baumann

Ongoing purges and the jailing of elected officials recently spurred tens of thousands to march hundreds of kilometres from the Turkish capital Ankara to Istanbul. Diego Cupolo caught up with protesters on Highway D100

A new book "Usensurert" (Uncensored) by Norwegian non-fiction writer and journalist Birgitte C. Huitfeldt takes a look behind the veil of what it means to be a woman in the Muslim world. By Jan Tomes

Super heroes, mythical female figures in the desert: the Suspended Territories exhibition at the Marta Herford museum shows contemporary women's art from the Arab World, Iran and North Africa

Alaba in southern Ethiopia, just a two-hour drive from Addis Ababa, has yet to be discovered by tourists. Those who do pass through the area rarely stop. The local population is mainly Muslim. Yet both Muslim and Christian communities have a special propensity for painting their house walls. By Eric Lafforgue

This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Six-Day War. In less than a week, Israel seized control of the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria. Since then, throughout countless attempts to establish peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, the Occupied Territories have remained a bone of contention.