All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. The ...

One thing I said I’d never complain about is natural light — until the day I started to. Don’t get me wrong — the two large windows in my living room are wonderful (and the only sources of sunshine in ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. At the most basic level, curtains shield a room from intense sunlight. But ...

In its boldest move to date, OPM last week marched into the U.S. silk industry, became sole holder, buyer and seller of raw silk. Then it stopped all processing of raw silk (except on Army & Navy ...

From the Sea of Japan in the north to the Straits of Malacca in the south, a “Silk Curtain” has descended on the Asia Pacific region as an increasingly intense U.S.-China rivalry unfolds in China’s ...

Globe staffer Aruna Dutt is ready to upgrade her hand-me-down furniture for purchases that last. In this shopping series, she asks experts to help her make buying decisions that are worth the ...

This is one of two of the largest, most complete, and most ornate curtains to survive from the 1300s when it presumably hung in the royal Alhambra Palace in Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in ...