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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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Islamic finance: a Sharia-based form of economy?
After World War II, the new international economic order was set in place. World trade, [...]
Jun
Moriscos influence in Rabat and Salé in the 16th and 17th centuries
On 18 May, the Islamic Culture Foundation was invited to participate in the international conference [...]
May
Madrid, the Andalusian city with many streams
The history of Madrid began in the ninth century, when the Umayyads decided to build [...]
May
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
Introducing the new virtual FUNCI’S tour of Islamic Madrid
The Centre for Studies on Islamic Madrid (CEMI), in collaboration with the Madrid City Council, [...]
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