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, [...]

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 [...]

Mahmud Ali Makki: poet of dialogue between cultures

With this article, written by Mohamed Gomaa Tawfik, we remember Dr. Mahmud Ali Makki, a [...]

Qabbani and al-Bayati: two Arab poets in Madrid

Rosa Isabel Martínez Lillo (Autonomous University of Madrid) Two poets and the same city. Two [...]

Publication of ‘La madina olvidada’.

Since the creation in 2017 of the Centre for Studies on Islamic Madrid (CEMI), a [...]

The ‘Neo-Mudejar’ of Chamberí, al-Andalus from the contemporaneity

On the occasion of the celebration of the Fiestas de Nuestra Señora del Carmen de [...]

New steps in the knowledge and dissemination of Islamic Toledo

The Islamic Culture Foundation and the association Museo de Santa Cruz, ¡Vivo! sign a collaboration [...]

Rabat and Sale: on the traces of al-Andalus

After the first heritage tour in Sale, held last May, on 29 June the Islamic [...]

An Ecological Gardening Guide (Guide de jardinage écologique)

The Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), through its project “Bouregreg Gardening School of Med-O-Med“, located in [...]

Happy Feast of Sacrifice, or Greater Feast

The Museum of Santa Cruz and FUNCI together for Toledo’s Islamic heritage

The Museum of Santa Cruz and the Centre for Studies on Islamic Toledo (Islamic Culture [...]

FUNCI signs an agreement with the Provincial Council of Albacete

On 9 April, the Provincial Council of Albacete, through its Institute of Albacete Studies ‘Don [...]

Maestre Antonio, master builder and resident of the Villa

Editorial note: The original article was published on 5 May 2024 on the website Arte [...]

Hajj Certificates: A Beautiful History

Hajj certificates are stylised legal documents testifying that a certain individual has participated in the [...]

EID MUBARAK 2024

Piece of the month: the “Taller del Moro”

Throughout the month of March, thanks to the collaboration between the Centre for Studies on [...]

CEMI’s participation in the “Medina” program of RTVE

Last January, the Centre for the Study of Islamic Madrid (CEMI), a project of the [...]

Solidarity and sharing in the Arab-Islamic world

The Big Contradiction Amongst the topics that come up often in debates, newspapers, news, talk [...]

Surnames of Arabic origin

The Arab legacy in the Iberian Peninsula can be seen through multiple and diverse aspects, [...]

FUNCI was present at FITUR 2024

On January 25, the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) was invited to participate in FITUR with [...]