Author Archives: FUNCI
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FUNCI signs an agreement for the enhancement of Rabat’s heritage
We are pleased to announce that the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), represented by its president, [...]
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News
MEMOLab and FUNCI in a research project on the hydraulics of the Tagus River
Archaeologists from the University of Granada and the Centre for the Study of Islamic Toledo [...]
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Articles
Mahmud Ali Makki: poet of dialogue between cultures
With this article, written by Mohamed Gomaa Tawfik, we remember Dr. Mahmud Ali Makki, a [...]
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Notes of history
Qabbani and al-Bayati: two Arab poets in Madrid
Rosa Isabel Martínez Lillo (Autonomous University of Madrid) Two poets and the same city. Two [...]
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Articles Publications
Publication of ‘La madina olvidada’.
Since the creation in 2017 of the Centre for Studies on Islamic Madrid (CEMI), a [...]
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Al-Idrisi, the Book of Roger, and the importance of water
Abu Addullah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Addallah ibn Idrisi (1099-1166) was the creator of one [...]
Jul
Visit to Mayrit, with the International Organization for Migration
Last June 10th, in the afternoon, we did one of our guided visits around Madrid [...]
Jun
New restoration project of the garden of the Christian wall
The Islamic Culture Foundation will soon begin the rehabilitation works of the garden at the [...]
May
The contribution of the Arab-Islamic civilization yesterday and today
Last May 9th, the Islamic Culture Foundation participated in the conference “Europe plural and mixed”, [...]
May
The hidden Islamic history of Madrid revealed
We portray underneath a brief story on the Islamic origins of Madrid published by reporter [...]
May
Ramadan Kareem 1440
Let the nobility and deep significance of this month help us avoid any act that [...]
May
FUNCI participates at the workshop Europe plural and mixed
Next May 9th, on the occasion of Europe Day and the organization of the Festival [...]
May
The forgotten history of al-Mayriti
This article, by the Spanish Newspaper El Confidencial, offers a first approach to Maslama al-Mayriti, [...]
Apr
Culture beyond borders: the amazigh past of the Canary Islands
The theory of the amazigh origin of the Canary Islands’ population is increasingly confirmed, thanks [...]
Apr
We co-organize the panel “Countering Islamophobia in Spain”
On March 19, 2019, the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), in collaboration with SETA and Casa [...]
Mar
FUNCI in the annual meeting of the Anna Lindh Foundation
Last February 20th took place the XIX meeting of the Anna Lindh Foundation’s Spanish Network [...]
Mar
The Influence of the Islamic Civilization in Europe
The Spanish institution Casa Árabe launched, last January 14th, an interesting series of conferences under [...]
Jan
Madrid, a city of coexistence and peace
The second World Forum on Urban Violence and Education for Coexistence and Peace, which took [...]
Nov
Medina Azahara grows to the east of the Caliphal Palace
A Spanish-Germany archaeological team has found, in a new excavated area, a big administrative building [...]
Oct
Culinary activities at the Qatar National Library
The activities, which took place last 23rd and 24th of September at Qatar National Library [...]
Sep
CEMI participates in the 5th edition of the Hispano-Arab Book Fair
The Center for the Study of Islamic Madrid (CEMI) will participate in the 5th edition [...]
Sep
Madrid according to the Arabic sources, by M.J. Viguera
This article by Prof. María Jesús Viguera Molíns, member of the Spanish Royal Academy of [...]
Jun
Publishing of “Islamic Madrid. A recovered history”
Last June 11th, the Islamic Culture Foundation participated in the Nights of Ramadan, organized by [...]
Jun
“Mayrit, los orígenes árabes de Madrid” en Canal Europa
El pasado 14 de diciembre, Canal Europa publicó un breve reportaje sobre los orígenes islámicos [...]
Jun
Los Viajes de Agua y la plaza de los Carros
Este artículo, extraído del blog Arte en Madrid, ofrece un repaso histórico de los qanat, [...]
Jun