Abdul has spent all of his 23 years in Baisi, a town of about 10,000 people in Bihar, India. As we arrived...

With nearly 850 million inhabitants, Eastern South Asia comprises the most crowded Room in the House of Islam. Nearly 284 million people in...

With a population of 100,000, the town of Deoband in North India is small compared to the many megacities and large towns across...

Western South Asia is one of the most crowded and volatile Rooms in the House of Islam. It is home to more than...

The small Central Asian nation of Tajikistan is home to over 8 million people, 70 percent of whom are under the age of...

The Persian Room encompasses all of modern-day Iran and spills into neighboring Iraq, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Its nearly 100 million inhabitants...

Situated at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Turkey has a complicated history with a significant role in both continents....

Attila the Hun, Tamerlane, the Golden Horde—legendary names of nomadic Turkic tribes have struck fear across the plains of Central Asia...

People of Iraq The area around present-day Iraq was very important in the centuries before Christ. Mesopotamia comprised the Tigris and Euphrates rivers...

The Arab Room The Arab World is the spiritual heartland of Islam. It is the birthplace of Islam, home to its holiest...