A sign at the entrance of the Great Mosque of Mecca reads ... (43 feet) high, 12.8m (42ft) in length, and 11.03m (36ft) in width. The Kaaba is covered in a black cloth known as the kiswah and ...

Having just experienced her first Haj, this writer shares a journey laden with beautiful architecture, friendly faces, and food for the soul.

Hajj 2025: Begining Wednesday, June 4 until Sunday, June 8, the devouts, braving scorching Arab summer, will immerse themselves in religious rituals and acts of worship that originated more than ...

Sly’s style followed a long Black fashion lineage of high drama and imagination, picking up traditions set by the likes of Gladys Bentley’s gender-bending tuxedos, Little Richard’s pompadour ...

The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center celebrates its beginnings, at a moment when Black history is under attack. By Jennifer Schuessler Even on an ordinary day, walking into the New ...

Led by Sly Stone, with his leather jumpsuits and goggle shades, mile-wide grin and mile-high Afro, the band dazzled in 1969 at the Woodstock festival and set a new pace on the radio.

Sly Stone, an electrifying musician, songwriter and showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s, has died. He was 82. His time on ...

Sly Stone, the genre-defying musical visionary, dies at 82 after a trailblazing career that redefined funk, rock, and soul — and left an indelible mark on American music and culture. Sly Stone ...

Sly Stone had three children, including a daughter with Cynthia Robinson, and was married once — briefly and very publicly. In 1974, he and actor Kathy Silva wed on stage at Madison Square ...

Sly Stone, a funk-rock star who led the group Sly and the Family Stone, has died at the age of 82, his family said. In a statement on Monday, they said that he died following a “prolonged battle ...

Scientists captured the highest-resolution images of the sun’s corona to date. The plasma is artificially colorized in the image, with darker pink colors corresponding to brighter light.

Sly Stone, an electrifying musician, songwriter and showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s, has died at the age of 82.