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The Sufi Trail
Anatolia through the eyes of a pilgrim
The Sufi Trail is a long-distance hiking route from Istanbul to Konya that seeks to revive the ancient tracks used by foot pilgrims on their way to Mecca. Marian Brehmer spoke to the trail's founder and hiking route developer Sedat Cakir
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Archaeologists discover "Lost Golden City of Luxor"
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Archaeologists discover "Lost Golden City of Luxor"
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient city in the desert outside Luxor in Egypt. They say it dates back to the golden age of the Pharaohs more than 3,000 years ago. By Dagmar Breitenbach
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Baalbek Reborn: Temples
The "Baalbek Reborn: Temples" app uses the latest technology to reconstruct the ruins at Baalbek, Lebanon
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Baalbek Reborn: Temples
Virtual 3D tour of the Roman temples at Baalbek, Lebanon
The famous temples of Baalbek, the ancient Heliopolis in Lebanon, are one of the largest Roman religious sites in the world and a World Heritage Site. The app "Baalbek Reborn: Temples" uses the latest technology to reconstruct the ruins
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The Bamiyan Buddhas – destroyed 20 years ago
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Architecture in Sanaa
As Yemen's mudbrick legacy crumbles before our eyes
Report from a disintegrating world: the early Islamic buildings of Sanaa are suffering from the effects of climate change and war. This world heritage site could be lost forever. By Paul-Anton Kruger
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Festive coronavirus masks
Christmas opens new market for small Gaza sewing business
In the blockaded Gaza Strip, the Christmas season is giving a boost to a small women’s business that produces pandemic face masks decorated with holiday symbols
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Multimedia: New permanent exhibition at Berlin's Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum's permanent exhibition illustrates how 1700 years of interaction between Jews and non-Jews can be portrayed in pictures and objects. By Sabine Peschel
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Interview with Olivier Roy on the conversion of Hagia Sophia
"Islamising stones is easier than Islamising souls"
The photos of the first Friday prayers in Hagia Sofia in 86 years triggered passionate and diverse responses around the world. Surrounded by a coterie of ministers, Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, led worshippers in prayer at the recently rededicated mosque. Eren Güvercin spoke to the renowned French political scientist Olivier Roy and asked him about the significance of the controversial reconversion
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Museum, church or mosque? The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
The Hagia Sophia, with its massive dome and four minarets, is nearly 1,500 years old. Turkey's top court has now paved the way for the museum to be converted back into a mosque. By Klaus Dahmann
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Reconstruction and humanitarian aid in northern Iraq
100 wheelchairs for Mosul
Two and a half years since its liberation from the Islamic State group, large areas of Mosul still lie in rubble. Germany is contributing in a variety of ways to the reconstruction of the city in northern Iraq. Brigit Svensson reports from Iraq