Communications
The National Archaeological Museum and the Islamic Culture Foundation present an exhibition on the material and botanical heritage of Al-Andalus
Last Friday, 5 June, we opened the exhibition Materia viva. Un recorrido por la botánica, [...]
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Heritage dissonance in Madrid: the islamic wall
The following article is an abridged version of the original text ‘Islamic Madrid, Forgotten Madrid: [...]
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From embroidered textile to the spinner´s work. A new reading of the textile production in al-Andalus (9th-13th Centuries)
The Andalusi textile was not only the exceptional scope of Caliphal silks, cloths with gold [...]
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Maryam Touzani’s movies: a portrayal of Moroccan society
Maryam Touzani is a film director born in Tangier (Morocco) in 1980. After studying in [...]
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Al-Andalus and the continuity of ancient quarrying in La Alcarria
From the Center for Studies on Islamic Toledo (Islamic Culture Foundation) and the Geological and [...]
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We participate in the Spanish-Arab Book Fair
On March 15th-17th, 2018, the Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation will hold, in Seville, [...]
Mar
FUNCI at a Congress on Human Rights
During their last stay in Doha, in February 2018, two of FUNCI’s representatives, Encarna Gutiérrez [...]
Mar
The Other Al-Andalus — When Muslims and Christians Flourished in Sicily
I sometimes think about the glories of “Islamic Spain,” or Al-Andalus. Starting around 711 and [...]
Feb
Guided visits to the Islamic Madrid
Discover the unknown history of Madrid through the footprints and remains that gave it birth. [...]
Jan
The best recommendation for 2018
We wish the best for 2018 with this wise and beautiful hadith, or tradition of [...]
Dec
Inspection of the Andalusi structures underneath the Plaza de los Carros, in Madrid
The Centre for the Study of Islamic Madrid examined an Andalusi qanat and an underground [...]
Nov
Dogs in Islamic culture and the Muslims’ perception
Dogs in Islam, as they are in Rabbinic Judaism, are conventionally thought of as ritually [...]
Oct
The Word ‘Allah’ Has Been Discovered Woven Into Viking Burial Clothes
Ancient burial clothes thought to have been woven with typical Viking patterns have, after decades [...]
Oct
Happy Great Feast 1438/2017
“Beyond the sacrifice of the lamb, the Aid al-Adha reminds us that the real sacrifice [...]
Sep
Mokhtar Film Festival 2017
The 2017 call for the Mokhtar Film Festival has been launched. This Festival is a [...]
Sep
Eid Mubarak Said
FUNCI team wish you a joyful and peaceful end of Ramadan feast 2017 with your [...]
Sep
Mayrit, bridge for peace, a new FUNCI’s project
FUNCI, along with Madrid’s city council, is launching a project to recover the heritage and [...]
Sep
FUNCI has participated at the “World Forum on Urban Violence”
The Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) has participated at the “World Forum on Urban Violence and [...]
Sep
The virtual reconstructions directed by Antonio Almagro, in open access
The videos produced by LAAC under the direction of Dr. Antonio Almagro, a collaborator of [...]
Sep
Project ‘Islam and Constitutionalism: an open dialogue’
Last 11th and 12th June, FUNCI participated in the XVIII Congress of the Muslim and [...]
Sep
Qalam, fan al-kitab
Exhibition catalogue, with technical forms of main manuscripts and works exhibited, most of them inedits. [...]
Sep
Los aromas de Al-Andalus
The different mediterranean and oriental spices routes over the Middle Age. Historic and ethnobotanic descriptions [...]
Sep
Aragón vive su Historia
Catalogue of the Primeras Jornadas Internacionales de Cultura Islámica, Aragón vive su Historia. Instituto Occidental [...]
Sep
Islam y Constitucionalismo: un diálogo abierto
This book gathers the results of an extensive research whose main goal is to deepen [...]
Sep
El enigma del agua en Al-Andalus
Exhaustive and rigorous publication about the role of the water in Al-Andalus, or Muslim Spain, [...]
Sep