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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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Muslim women of Castile
Due to its gender identity and its religious option, the Muslim women of Castile were [...]
Dec
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