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The National Archaeological Museum and the Islamic Culture Foundation present an exhibition on the material and botanical heritage of Al-Andalus
Last Friday, 5 June, we opened the exhibition Materia viva. Un recorrido por la botánica, [...]
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Heritage dissonance in Madrid: the islamic wall
The following article is an abridged version of the original text ‘Islamic Madrid, Forgotten Madrid: [...]
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From embroidered textile to the spinner´s work. A new reading of the textile production in al-Andalus (9th-13th Centuries)
The Andalusi textile was not only the exceptional scope of Caliphal silks, cloths with gold [...]
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Maryam Touzani’s movies: a portrayal of Moroccan society
Maryam Touzani is a film director born in Tangier (Morocco) in 1980. After studying in [...]
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Al-Andalus and the continuity of ancient quarrying in La Alcarria
From the Center for Studies on Islamic Toledo (Islamic Culture Foundation) and the Geological and [...]
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The “Hammam Day” in Damascus
Hammamed organises in Syria two initiatives for the valorisation of the Mediterranean Hammam: “Hammam Day” [...]
Mar
Muslims Are Their Own Worst Enemy
Muslims are numerous but powerless. Divisions among Muslims, especially between Sunni and Shi’ites, have consigned [...]
Mar
The Amazigh Culture
The Amazigh (Berber) are credited with preserving the Phoenician language till the time of Saint [...]
Mar
OIC logo competition
Organization of the Islamic Conference Logo competition The Promoter: The Organization of the Islamic Conference, abbreviated [...]
Jan
About minarets and swiss decision
Functionality, Symbolism, Minarets, Islam & the Swiss A prominent retired Egyptian Ambassador who last served [...]
Dec
Youth against discrimination
Children and Young People Use Video Cameras to Fight Intolerance Source: Anna Lindh Foundation The [...]
Dec
The ecological disaster of Jerusalem
Might sound a contradiction in terms when I appear to oscillate between the spiritual and [...]
Nov
Message from Mr Djoghlaf to Med-O-Med
Message from Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, the Executive Secretary ot the Convention on Biological Diversity, to [...]
Oct
International Seminar Med-O-Med
The Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry for the Environment and for [...]
Sep
Kairouan Capital of Islamic Culture
Kairouan stands as a main cultural and religious metropolis in the Tunisian Republic. It still [...]
Jul
Le besoin de croire Obama
Le discours d’Obama au Caire constitue sans aucun doute un tournant décisif dans les relations [...]
Jun
President Obama speech in Cairo
“I am honoured to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted [...]
Jun
Proving the existence of God
The Scientific World is turning to God “As people have certainly been influenced by me, [...]
May
Prix “terre de femmes”
Créée en 1991, la Fondation Yves Rocher a vu le jour à l’initiative de Jacques [...]
May
Abdessatar Jmei à Strasbourg
Notre collaborateur, le calligraphe Abdessatar Jmei, expose à nouveau son oeuvre. Cette fois-ci elle est installée [...]
May
Feminist reforms in Turkey
Turkey has strong ties both with its Muslim history and with secularism, where the latter [...]
Apr
A Quranic Botanical Garden in Doha
The first International Forum on the Quranic Botanical Garden will was held in Doha on [...]
Apr
Prix euromed pour le dialogue interculturel
La Fondation Anna Lindh (FAL) et la Fondazione Mediterraneo (FM) ont le plaisir d’annoncer le [...]
Apr
LA DIVERSITÉ EN ANALYSE À CORDOUE
Appel à la création d’un observatoire international sur l’interculturalité Source: MAP Cordoue (Espagne), 19 mars [...]
Mar
Prix pour livre d’enfants au Caire
La Fondation Anna Lindh honore dix livres arabes pour enfants lors de la Foire internationale du [...]
Feb