This article is part of a series examining free expression and information access in civic spaces across six language communities in the MENA region. Servants, doormen, wardrobe assistants, and ...

Researchers had long understood that tattooing was a cultural practice in Nubia, a region along the Nile. However, poor ...

After his father’s death, the photographer Mohamed Altoum went on a journey to understand what it means to be Nubian. Photographs by Mohamed Altoum Text by James Estrin Mohamed Altoum had faint ...

The 1,400-year-old Nubian toddler tattoos are not isolated curiosities but part of a broader pattern of body marking that is ...

The Sahloul family compound includes a family room, kitchen and bedrooms opening out onto a courtyard. (Marilyn Jones / Special Contributor) Quiet conversation and the whip of the felucca's single ...

Winged Isis pectoral, Nubian, Napatan period, 538-519 B.C. (Image courtesy of Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, among America’s greatest art museums and, along with New York’s ...

This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black Archive & Library at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American ...

Dig into a heaping plate of spiced teff with charred kale, fried okra, and harissa and date-braised lamb prepared by a local chef. Mingle with other Roxbury residents at mixers and community meetings.

The film follows lifelong friends Doug (Jack Black) and Griff (Paul Rudd) who have spent decades obsessing over their shared ...

Egypt is one of the most magical places in Africa. The history of the country runs back thousands of years. Egyptian culture birthed some of the world’s most important inventions and technologies.