Category Archives: Articles

First Alliance of Civilizations Forum in Madrid

Author Paulo Coelho, Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, Queen Noor of Jordan, Al Jazeera anchor Riz [...]

A thought on Prophet Mohammed

Tomorrow marks the 1437 years birthday of the Prophet Mohammad that’s widely celebrated in all [...]

Rehabilitation of Mediterranean architecture

RehabiMed is a young spanish organization from Barcelona, dealing with Rehabilitation of Traditional Mediterranean Architecture. [...]

What ails the Arab World

There is an Arab proverb that says, “If you have no more shame left in [...]

Islamic Art in the Louvre

Song of the world. The Art of Safavid Iran, 1501-1736 Since 7 january 2008 Visual [...]

Islam & Modern Social Movements

Islam and Modern Social Movements Anne Gray* & Mark Barrett* Muslims’ commitment to social justice [...]

Islamic Human Rights

Islamic Human Rights Commission’s 10 Year Anniversary The Islamic Human Rights Commission cordially invites you [...]

What Bernard shaw said

“I beleive that if today an autocrat of Mohammad’s calibre assumes world leadership, he could [...]

Maps of the Ottoman world

European Cartographers and the Ottoman World 1500–1750 Maps From the Collection of O. J. Sopranos. [...]

Treasures from Sudan

The Legacy of Timbuktu: Wonders of the Written Word centers on manuscripts from the Mamma [...]

An essay on Nasser

Psychological warfare is getting the better of us in the Arab World, politicians and statesmen [...]

Capturing Paradise

The Trustees of Braintree Discrict Museum and Cultural Services at Braintree Discrict Council (Essex. United [...]

Film festival 2007 in Istanbul

New NY Crossroads 2007 Film Festival is in full swing and preparations for the Premiere [...]

Daily life at Rayy

Daily Life Ornamented: The Medieval Persian City of Rayy examines the distinctive artistic traditions of [...]

Gaza at the Crossroads of Civilizations

This exhibition presents 121 objects, most excavated by joint Palestinian–French rescue digs since 1994, that [...]

The Qur’an and modern science

Dr. Maurice Bucaille is an eminent French surgeon, scientist, scholar and author of “The Bible, [...]

Cessez de vouloir « sauver » l’Afrique !

À l’automne 2006, peu après mon retour du Nigeria, je fus interpellé par une blonde [...]

Persian arts and culture

Persia: 30 Centuries of Arts and Culture presents nearly 200 works from Persia’s antiquity to [...]

Nouvelles recherches sur al-Andalus

Récemment la Casa de Velázquez, à Madrid, a publié un livre intitulé Regards sur al-Andalus (VIIIe – XVe [...]

Spirit and life of islam at london

Spirit & Life, an exhibition of rare Islamic art and manuscripts never before displayed in [...]