Category Archives: Articles

Iman Maleki: portraits of Iran

Iman was born on 1976 in Tehran. He has been fascinated by the art of [...]

Natural products used in Morocco

These are some of the most well known natural products used in cosmetics in the [...]

The etymological meaning of ‘bedouin’

  The word Bedouin (bedw) is referred to the habitants of Badia (al-badia), a place [...]

The Feast of the Candles in Salé

Much of the Islamic world has just finished celebrating the ‘Mawlid’, the birth of the [...]

The only living sahabi tree

The last good fellow (sahabi) alive, this is how they call this tree located in [...]

Festival de Fès de la Culture Soufie 6ème Édition

Festival de Fès de la Culture Soufie 6ème Édition, sous le thème  Sapiences soufies (hikam), [...]

Cultural colors of Morocco

The exhibition The cultural colors of Morocco, taking place in Rabat, is part of a [...]

Peace and beauty in Massoudy’s calligraphy

Hassan Massoudy is an artist for whom the word itself remains the most sublime creative force. [...]

A European guide for the well-being of pluralist societies

Migrants and their descendants, a Guide to policies for the well-being of all in pluralist [...]

Islam’s view of Nature

Islam contains an elaborate hierarchy of knowledge integrated by the principle of Divine Unity (tawhid). [...]

The tomb of Abu Madyan in Tlemcen

These are the pictures of the young algerian photographer Saadou Taleb, taken during his successive visits to [...]

Pictures of a Stone Town in Zanzibar

This is the remarkable work of an italian photographer, Paolo Evangelista, on the muslim community [...]

FUNCI in the cellebrations of Tlemcem 2011

This year we will paticipate in the cultural events organised in  Tlemcen, Algeria, as it [...]

FUNCI in a Campus of Excellence for environment

The Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), through its International Cooperation Programme Med-O-Med, Cultural Landscapes of the [...]

The Med-O-Med Station, by Manuel Ocaña

In our Programme Med-O-Med, cultural landscapes of the Mediterranean and Middle East we have created [...]

The absence of evidence for banning burqas

Are arguments in favour of the French ban supported by any actual evidence, and what [...]

The Anna Lindh Journalist Award 2011

Deadline: 15 July 2011 The 2011 Edition of the Anna Lindh Journalist Award, created by [...]

Women Scholars of Hadith

History records few scholarly enterprises, at least before modern times, in which women have played [...]

L’art islamique à Rabat

La Villa des Arts de Rabat organise une rencontre sur l’art en pays musulmans. L’art islamique né en orient, a [...]

The green mosque

The Building: Problem or Solution competition, managed by Faith in Place, encouraged the creative design [...]