Editorial: What Creates Love?

An Islamic Perspective on Two Competing Archetypes of Love Editorial | TheRahnuma.com (RAHNUMA) Every civilization carries an idea of love. Sometimes that idea is explicitly taught. More often, it is absorbed through culture. It shapes how people meet, how they court, how they marry and, ultimately, how they build families. Yet beneath every culture’s customs […]
Discovering the Heart of Iran: A Journey of History, Hospitality, and Hidden Wonders

By Mohd Zubair Ali Food & Travel Blogger | @Hyderabad.Food.Diaries Over the past 15 years, I’ve had the privilege of exploring some of the most vibrant places around the world. As a food and travel blogger with 15 awards to my name, I’ve come to believe that the real essence of a place lies in […]
Durru Shehvar – The Ottoman Princess who brought Turkey’s ceremonial Caliphate to the Nizam of Hyderabad

How the Imam ul-Mulk Sharifs became Custodian to the Nizam’s 1400 year old imperial title ‘Caliph’ HYDERABAD (RAHNUMA) The name of Her Imperial Highness Princess Durru Shehvar, the elder daughter-in-law of His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, is remembered for the social and philanthropic work she so zealously engaged in. Born […]