Across the Middle East a generation of artists is uniting a rich past with the challenges of the present.

Sailors on two great Middle Eastern Rivers were among the first to find out how to build a better boat.

Twelve centuries ago an Arab general routed a Chinese army and came home with some very unusual prisoners.

When the oil reservoir is under Persian Gulf waters, then it's a job for Aramco Mobile Drilling Platform No. 1.

He is remembered more for the order his rule brought than for the far-flung lands his armies conquered.

Five times each day the call to prayer goes out to 400 million Muslims from slim fingers of stone.