By Sara Hassan On a Sunday this fall, in the Spanish village of Moià, the church bell tolled 12 times, signaling that the midday Roman Catholic Mass was about to start. Dressed up for the occasion, Rosa Bordó made her way past the imposing wooden gates of the Baroque church — just as she has […]
By Sara Hassan On a grassy hill overlooking the water in Plymouth, Massachusetts, a couple thousand people gathered last November on what US calendars call Thanksgiving Day. Sitting in the nearby harbor next to Cole’s Hill was a replica of the original Mayflower ship that arrived in Massachusetts in 1620. A replica of the original […]
By Lex Weaver The iconic Al-Hadba minaret, part of the centuries-old Great Mosque of al-Nuri, which was destroyed in 2017 by ISIS militants, is seen under restoration. Seven years after it was destroyed by ISIS, the iconic Al-Hadba minaret in Mosul, Iraq, has finally been restored. Last week, the Azaan, or Islamic call to prayer, […]