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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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Andalusia, mon amour, part 1
Al-Andalus in Andalusia Dr Mohamed Chtatou Andalusia is the seduction of Spain. It is believed [...]
Nov
Astonishing mosques in China
China has an ambiguous stance in regards to institutionalized faith. On the one hand, the [...]
Oct
Ibn al-Haytham and the rays of ligth
Ibn al-Haytham saw what no other scientist from the Greco-Roman era was able to see [...]
Sep
Amazigh Identity in Morocco and Algeria
The Amazighs are the oldest inhabitants of North Africa, a proof of that is their [...]
Aug
Happy Feast of Sacrifice 2020 / 1441
The real meaning of Aid al-Adha, or the sacrifice festivity, goes beyond the animal sacrifice, [...]
Jul
The Cambridge Mosque garden, a balm for the soul
A year since the ‘eco-mosque’ opened, Islamic garden specialist Emma Clark explains the traditional principles [...]
Jul
Moroccan photographers sticking their neck out
Twelve Moroccan photographers have joined forces in order to contribute the COVID-19 fight in their [...]
Jun
Khamsa, the hand of Fatima
The hand of Fatima has become one of the most common symbols to produce jewels, [...]
Jun
Eid Mubarak Said!
We wish you a happy end of Ramadan. We hope that this month has contributed [...]
May
Lailat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny
We are close to the month of Ramadan and, with it, to the Night of [...]
May
Muslim artists portray the month of Ramadan
Last Friday, April 24th began the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims. [...]
May
Authorities’ measures towards pandemics in Moroccan History
Mohamed Siali – Rabat, May 4th (EFE) The restrictive measures that have followed the spreading [...]
May
A tour through the maps of Madrid
In these days of “lockdown” for a common good, our colleague Daniel Gil-Benumeya, Scientific Coordinator [...]
Apr
Ramadan Mubarak 1441 – 2020
We wish you a month filled with sense and personally productive, that helps you grow [...]
Apr
Coronavirus in images. Middle East
From our ethnocentric Western perspective, we usually think that problems are only dramatic when they [...]
Apr
Plague and poetry in the Middle East authors
Plague, pandemic and pestilence have long been themes for writers, historians and poets, from Giovanni [...]
Mar
Epidemics and the Prophet of Islam
In the midst of the current pandemic crisis, we are all reflecting on the possibilities [...]
Mar
The numerous types of judges in al-Andalus
Without doubt, Qadis or judges were the cornerstone of the legal apparatus of medieval Islam [...]
Jan
Aid Mubarak Said!
Let this Aid al-Adha, or Festival of the Sacrifice, makes us better people, more supportive [...]
Aug
Muhammad, Republican Revolutionary?
In 17th-century England, talking about Islam was a way of criticising the powers that be. [...]
Jul