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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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The Shawa Project and the integration of Arab youth
Last March (2014) saw the setting up of the Shawa Project, ‘Investigating Young Arab Mediterranean: [...]
Jan
A busload to support the moroccan women rights
We would like to share with you a great initiative: A caravan to support Moroccan [...]
Jan
Descriptions of Agdal of Marrakech from History
For the comprehensive restoration of the royal estate Agdal of Marrakech, the team of FUNCI [...]
Dec
La FUNCI, dans la IV Rencontre Hispano-arabe de Jardinage
La FUNCI a participé en qualité d’organisation collaboratrice à la IV édition de la Rencontre [...]
Dec
The older copy of the Qu’ran of the Word
Scholars at the Coranica Project, part of the University of Tübingen, examined a manuscript written in Kufic script, [...]
Nov
Le Maroc médiéval, un empire de l’Afrique à l’Espagne
Jusqu’au 19 janvier 2015 le Musée du Louvre de Paris accueille l’exposition Le Maroc médiéval [...]
Nov
The Spiritual Garden
Water and fragrances in Islamic gardens IV International Hispano-Arabic Encounter of Gardening. Almeria, 17th and [...]
Oct
Handling Islamophobia through Education
The seminar ‘Educational Answers to Islamophobia and Intolerance to Muslims in Europe’ took place between [...]
Oct
Virtual visit to the Carmen de los Mártires, in Granada
Virtual visit of 360 degrees, of the Carmen de los Mártires, in Granada, realized [...]
Oct
L’Islam du XIVème siècle, des personnages et des lieux
Dans son fondement, l’Islam était basé, entre autres, sur deux concepts : celui de voyage [...]
Sep
I Seminary Med-O-Med
The Seminar entitled The al-Andalus Experience: a Model for Preserving Biodiversity was organised by FUNCI, [...]
Sep
Almunias of the Islamic West: Rest and Production
The Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) has sponsored the course Almunias del Occidente Islámico: Solaz y Producción [...]
Sep
Contributions of Islamic Civilisation to the European Culture
This international congress took place in Paris in 1991, at the UNESCO and the Institut [...]
Aug
The cultural diversity of Bulgaria
Banya Bashi is the name of the mosque in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital. The monument [...]
Aug
La diversité culturelle de Bulgarie
Banya Bashi est le nom de la mosquée de Sofia, la capitale bulgare. L’édifice fait [...]
Aug
Against intolerance towards Christians
In recent days we have been seeing brutal conflict between one religious community towards another, [...]
Aug
Al-Jwarizmi and the algorithms
Mohammed Ibn Musa al-Jwarizmi (780-850), better known as al-Jwarizmi, was the inventor of the algebra, [...]
Aug
Aragón lives its history
In 1988, the Foundation organized the 2nd Seminar on Islamic Culture, under the motto Aragón [...]
Aug
Is Islamophobia a form of racism?
From the History of Al-Andalus to Fanon’s Zone of Being and Zone of Non Being, [...]
Aug
Journey to Mecca
Journey to Mecca tells the incredible true story of Ibn Battuta, one of the greatest [...]
Jul