A hash-smoking, cross-dressing woman traveling the Sahara in the early 1900s, Eberhardt unpicked the fabric of society just by being herself.

As Islam spread across the Arabian peninsula and the Mesopotamian region, it changed the relationship between gender and musicianship.

A jinni in the home can help a Muslim explore religious tenets, but it may also interfere with the direct relationship between human and god.

The long, little-known history of Muslim women in communal religious life.

For many women, wearing the hijab was—and is—an element of piety, but it's been coopted into a political symbol.

The Nation of Islam is controversial. Its practical purposes for incarcerated people transcend both politics and religion.

A remarkable episode of Medieval Islamic history that often goes untold.

A number of contemporary Muslim environmentalist groups have been inspired by Koranic verses that stress the conservation of nature.

The Falnama, or Book of Omens, combined apocalyptic representations from many sources. Say a prayer, ask your question, and flip to a random page.

In The Miscellany of Iskandar Sultan, sections of text stack on top of one another, interlaced like fretwork. Bursts of flowers and tangles of vines fill the empty spaces.