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Piece of the month: the “Taller del Moro”
Throughout the month of March, thanks to the collaboration between the Centre for Studies on [...]
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CEMI’s participation in the “Medina” program of RTVE
Last January, the Centre for the Study of Islamic Madrid (CEMI), a project of the [...]
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Solidarity and sharing in the Arab-Islamic world
The Big Contradiction Amongst the topics that come up often in debates, newspapers, news, talk [...]
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Surnames of Arabic origin
The Arab legacy in the Iberian Peninsula can be seen through multiple and diverse aspects, [...]
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In Saudi Arabia, in the footsteps of the Prophet
Hijrah: in the footsteps of the Prophet. This was the theme chosen by Ithra (the [...]
Mar
A research recovers the ancient potters women of the Alhambra
Potters women working for the Alhambra, new chronologies or manufacturing methods are some of the [...]
Feb
The defensive watchtower of the Taifal Mayrit
Between 1995 and 1997, a defensive structure was identified in the Plaza de Oriente (Madrid), [...]
Jan
A new essay on Râbi’a Al Adawiyya
We reproduce an excerpt of an interview with the Moroccan thinker and theologian Asma Lamrabet, [...]
Jan
Conclusions of the Congress on Islamic past of Toledo
On 30 November 2022, the Centre for Studies on Islamic Toledo (CETI), which belongs to [...]
Dec
Exhibitions in Italy and Spain as a reflection of a crisis
This article analyses a sample of temporary exhibitions that explore the effects of a geopolitical [...]
Dec
Al-Andalus for a united Mediterranean
From 21 to 23 October 2022, the Andalusian Heritage Festival of Rabat and Salé (Morocco) [...]
Dec
Women mystics of Islam, freedom and lordship
We reproduce the paper presented by Inés Eléxpuru, FUNCI’s Director of Communication, at the 6th [...]
Sep
Decalogue of good practices for the dissemination of Islamic heritage
Last May 2022, the Islamic Culture Foundation organized the workshop “Islamic Heritage: good practices for [...]
Sep
Amazigh women, guardians of language and culture
The complex landscape of language politics of Tamazight and Literary Arabic, influenced by French colonialism, [...]
Jun
Music as an intercultural expression in Berlin
It’s a damp, cold October night in Berlin, but along Hauptstraße in the Friedenau district, [...]
Jun
Mayrit: from the University to an Erasmus project
During the month of May, the Center for the Study on Islamic Madrid (CEMI) has [...]
May
FUNCI receives the Doha international award
Last May 23rd and 24th, the Islamic Culture Foundation participated in the 14th Doha Conference [...]
May
Marseille, a proud and mixed-race city
At a time when the world is closing in on the “other”, and identities are [...]
May
The Center for the Study on Islamic Toledo signs an agreement with UCLM
The Islamic Culture Foundation has created the Center for the Study on Islamic Toledo (CETI). [...]
May
Ramadan and fasting in monotheist religions
Dr. Mohamed Chtatou Ramadan, a sacred month for Muslims, commemorates the revelation of the Qur’an [...]
Apr
The rise of hydraulic clocks in Morocco
From the water clock erected at the Koutoubia gate by the Almohads to the numerous [...]
Mar
Muslims in the Viceroyalty of Peru
To speak on the subject of the Arabs in the viceroyalty, it would be necessary [...]
Feb
The Almaden mines, an Andalusi heritage
During the Al-Andalus period, mining activity was very important and the extracted materials were exported [...]
Feb