Author Archives: FUNCI
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Piece of the month: the “Taller del Moro”
Throughout the month of March, thanks to the collaboration between the Centre for Studies on [...]
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CEMI’s participation in the “Medina” program of RTVE
Last January, the Centre for the Study of Islamic Madrid (CEMI), a project of the [...]
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Solidarity and sharing in the Arab-Islamic world
The Big Contradiction Amongst the topics that come up often in debates, newspapers, news, talk [...]
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Surnames of Arabic origin
The Arab legacy in the Iberian Peninsula can be seen through multiple and diverse aspects, [...]
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Qatar National Library hosts Gardens of Al-Andalus exhibition
Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al-Thani, Qatar National Library (QNL) will [...]
Jun
Presentation of the book “Madrid islámico. La historia recuperada” (Islamic Madrid. A recovered history)
For the second time in a row, the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNC) is participating in [...]
Jun
Passages from the Bible discovered behind Qur’an manuscript
An “extraordinary” discovery by an eagle-eyed scholar has identified the shadowy outlines of passages from [...]
May
Yazid Kheloufi, spiritual calligraphy
Yazid Kheloufi’s works show an approach to writing as a means of creation, through calligraphy [...]
Apr
The Other Al-Andalus — When Muslims and Christians Flourished in Sicily
I sometimes think about the glories of “Islamic Spain,” or Al-Andalus. Starting around 711 and [...]
Feb
Guided visits to the Islamic Madrid
Discover the unknown history of Madrid through the footprints and remains that gave it birth. [...]
Jan
Dogs in Islamic culture and the Muslims’ perception
Dogs in Islam, as they are in Rabbinic Judaism, are conventionally thought of as ritually [...]
Oct
The Word ‘Allah’ Has Been Discovered Woven Into Viking Burial Clothes
Ancient burial clothes thought to have been woven with typical Viking patterns have, after decades [...]
Oct