Turki Al-Sheikh has risen from obscurity to the heart of two historic institutions, but who is he really? We spent six months ...

Mohammed S. Dajani-Daoudi: On a Friday morning during the month ... queuing and pushing at the checkpoint to cross and reach Jerusalem to pray at the Haram al-Sharif. The Israeli border police were ...

I was very sorry to read about the death of ATG's antiquarian books columnist Ian McKay (Obituary, ATG No 2689). He was a good guy and occasional visitor here.