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In modern usage, hijab (Arabic: حجاب, romanized: ḥijāb, pronounced [ħɪˈdʒaːb]) generally refers to various head coverings conventionally worn by many Muslim...

This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. A barbarian is a member...

De pictura (English: "On Painting") is a treatise or commentarii written by the Italian humanist and artist Leon Battista Alberti. The first version, composed...

Ann Wigmore (March 4, 1909 – February 16, 1994) was a Lithuanian–American holistic health practitioner, naturopath and raw food advocate. Influenced by...

1941 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in July 1941: The Battle of Palmyra...

Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester (1094 – 25 November 1120) was the son of Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, and his wife, Ermentrude of Clermont...

The office of Master of the Hawks (or Master Falconer) was created on the English Restoration in 1660. During Charles II's reign, the Master's salary was...

Prebilovci (Serbian Cyrillic: Пребиловци) is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the city of Čapljina (Чапљина). Prebilovci was first mentioned in...

The history of Scottish Gaelic dictionaries goes back to the early 17th century. The high-point of Gaelic dictionary production was in the first half of...

Tracee Chimo Pallero is an American stage, television and film actress who became an arts critic favorite after her 2012 breakout role as Daphna Feygenbaum...

Uppsala University – Campus Gotland (Swedish: Uppsala universitet – Campus Gotland) is a campus of Uppsala University and a former university college (högskola)...

SS Iroquois was a Canadian steamboat ferry active in British Columbia, Canada. She was launched on 19 February 1900 at Port Moody. She ran from Sidney...

Christine Frederick (February 6, 1883 – April 6, 1970) was an American home economist and early 20th century exponent of Taylorism as applied to the domestic...

Kerswell Priory (alias Carswell) was a small Cluniac priory in the parish of Broadhembury in Devon, England. According to the Ecclesiastical historian...

Anne Deborah Atai Omoruto (22 November 1956 to 5 May 2016) was a Ugandan family physician, public health specialist, and academic. In 2014, she led a team...

Paul Chiasson is a Canadian architect (M.Arch. Yale '81) author, who has written pseudohistories about the settlement of North America. In his first book...

Due to the Roman focus on infantry and its discipline, war elephants were rarely used. While the Romans did eventually adopt them, and used them occasionally...

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jaén, Spain. 1002 - Baños árabes de Jaén (bath) constructed.[citation needed] 1225 - Siege of...

Michiko Fujiwara (藤原 道子, Fujiwara Michiko, 26 May 1900 – 26 April 1983) was a Japanese nurse and politician. She initially campaigned for her husband,...

Mustafa Olpak (October 1953 in Ayvalık - 4 October 2016 in İzmir[citation needed]) was an Afro-Turkish writer and activist. His book Kenya-Girit-İstanbul:...