Author Archives: Fundación de Cultura Islámica
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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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Nouvelles recherches sur al-Andalus
Récemment la Casa de Velázquez, à Madrid, a publié un livre intitulé Regards sur al-Andalus (VIIIe – XVe [...]
Jul
Spirit and life of islam at london
Spirit & Life, an exhibition of rare Islamic art and manuscripts never before displayed in [...]
Jul
Un boycott criminel
Le boycott économique imposé au peuple palestinien par les Etats-Unis et l’Union européenne, destiné à [...]
Jul
Discours d’une citoyenne israélienne
Commémorer les 40 ans d’occupation Bonsoir. C’est un grand honneur pour moi d’être sur cette scène [...]
Jun
Between the Euphrates and the Tigris
The Jazira: A Cultural Landscape Between the Euphrates and the Tigris presents the art and [...]
Jun
Medieval Islamic Ceramics
Perpetual Glory: Medieval Islamic Ceramics from the Harvey B. Plotnick Collection presents about 100 treasures [...]
Jun
Two Israeli perspectives of Gaza issues
The Palestinian/Arab – Israeli Issue is nearly sixty years old with bloody cycles of devastating [...]
Jun
A Varying Comment on Shari’a
In responding to the centrality of art in the advancement of civilizations, I am at [...]
Jun
An Installation by Samta Benyahia
Architecture of the Veil: An Installation by Samta Benyahia—the first US museum exhibition by the [...]
Jun
Tend textiles from Asia
“Architectural Textiles: Tent Bands of Central Asia highlights a unique and fundamental weaving: the tent [...]
Jun
Adobe Architecture of West Africa
Butabu: Adobe Architecture of West Africa: Photographs by James Morris presents 50 large-scale images of [...]
Jun
Top architects accuse Israelis of oppression
Leading British architects have accused their counterparts in Israel of complicity in schemes that contribute [...]
Jun
Europe and the Islamic World
Prints, Drawings, and Books. In conjunction with the special exhibition Venice and the Islamic World, [...]
May
From the Silk Road
Stories from the Silk Road takes children on a picture-book journey on the Silk Road [...]
May
Islamic art in Copenhagen
Cosmophilia: Islamic Art From the David Collection, Copenhagen explores for the first time the roles [...]
May
Alhambra among the 7 wonders?
There were Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Now, 2,200 years later, we are choosing [...]
May
Sacred texts exhibed in London
The British Library announce that HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and His Majesty Mohammed VI, King [...]
Apr
Environment in Islam
The rapid deterioration of human environment is nothing but a crisis of values. It is [...]
Apr
Manifestation spirituelle en al-Andalous
Communication lue par Cherif Abderrahman Jah, Président de la FUNCI à l’occasion du Colloque International La Civilisation Musulmane [...]
Apr
The Andalusí Garden visits Meknes
The Andalusí Gardens, Minarets, Orchards and Patios, continues its itinerary of visits to different cities [...]