From Suleiman the Magnificent’s love poems to a ninth-century Quran

Islamic collection has room to grow at the National Library of Israel’s new $225 million building opening next month

JERUSALEM – When Israeli President Isaac Herzog made a state visit to Turkey last year, he presented President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with an illuminated manuscript from a book of love poems composed in 1553 by Suleiman the Magnificent, the...

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