The Gulf’s rulers want to do better than that in future. Keen to diversify their economies away from fossil fuels, the ...

Bayt al-Hikma, or the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, emerged in the ninth century—even before the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, widely considered the first academy of sciences. The Banu Musa ...

The holistic wisdom of ancient Arab polymaths can inspire innovative solutions to today’s most complex global challenges.

In Baghdad, the Abbasid caliph created a centre of learning which was known as the House of Wisdom, or the Grand Library of Baghdad. The Islamic Empire was a time of great innovation, especially ...

The city of Baghdad was home to a number of libraries, universities, hospitals and schools. The House of Wisdom was a huge academy where people studied. It was created by Caliph Harun Al-Rashid ...

The caliphs are credited for setting up the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. The institution became the intellectual powerhouse of the Muslim world. The facility was set up to enable scholars to put ...

Several private "social" clubs that have operated in Baghdad for decades were sent official letters in November forbidding them from manufacturing and serving alcoholic beverages. In the case of ...