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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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Khamsa, the hand of Fatima
The hand of Fatima has become one of the most common symbols to produce jewels, [...]
Jun
Muslim artists portray the month of Ramadan
Last Friday, April 24th began the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims. [...]
May
Authorities’ measures towards pandemics in Moroccan History
Mohamed Siali – Rabat, May 4th (EFE) The restrictive measures that have followed the spreading [...]
May
A tour through the maps of Madrid
In these days of “lockdown” for a common good, our colleague Daniel Gil-Benumeya, Scientific Coordinator [...]
Apr
The Moors of Majorca
When one thinks of the Balearic Islands, Spain’s rich Islamic history doesn’t come to mind [...]
Apr
Coronavirus in images. Middle East
From our ethnocentric Western perspective, we usually think that problems are only dramatic when they [...]
Apr
Plague and poetry in the Middle East authors
Plague, pandemic and pestilence have long been themes for writers, historians and poets, from Giovanni [...]
Mar
Epidemics and the Prophet of Islam
In the midst of the current pandemic crisis, we are all reflecting on the possibilities [...]
Mar
Blues in Mali, a source of union and love
In 2012, music in Mali hit the headlines due to the terrorist group Ansar Dine’s [...]
Mar
All the lands were sea
Aramco World magazine reproduces an excerpt from the book All the Lands Were Sea, by [...]
Mar
Jews, yes; but Muslims too. Claims to the new education curriculum of Madrid
FUNCI has presented claims to the new draft decree of the Community of Madrid, in [...]
Mar
Flowering news from the School of Gardening of Morocco
We are already in 2020 and it is time to review our progress. Since the [...]
Mar
Hormuz island’s dichotomy, geopolitical hotspot or multicultural bastion
Today, when one thinks about Hormuz island and its representation in the international media, it [...]
Jan
Qalasādi, a Great Andalusi Mathematician
Nowadays we can’t really imagine algebra that doesn’t involve symbols, but there was a time [...]
Dec
Calligraphy to illustrate the everyday life
Calligraphy has historically held a prominent role as a form of artistic expression in the [...]
Nov
Isabelle Eberhardt, writer, nomad and feminist
Rather than perpetuate the romanticised image of the Orient commonplace in 19th century literature, writer [...]
Oct
Al-Andalus’ Naturalists and the Mediterranean
The orientalization of the science of Al-Andalus was essential for the later development of the [...]
Oct
Hasankeyf: a good bye to a millennial city
Progress and development are two terms commonly used to justify the destruction of heritage and [...]
Aug
Muhammad, Republican Revolutionary?
In 17th-century England, talking about Islam was a way of criticising the powers that be. [...]
Jul
Maslama al-Mayriti, Maslama of Madrid
The current capital of Spain is rooted in the Al-Andalus period. Between the years 852 [...]
Jul