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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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The archeological prospecting in the Agdal, begins
A team of experts of the Laboratory of Architecture and Archaeology of the City (LAAC. [...]
Jan
The orchard garden in Al-Andalus
In al-Ándalus, gardens had more than just an aesthetic role. The orchard gardens grew aromatic [...]
Jan
Technical visit to Southern Lebanon and Palestine
Last week, Francisco Martín, projects technician at the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), travelled to Lebanon [...]
Dec
Peace and beauty in Massoudy’s calligraphy
Hassan Massoudy is an artist for whom the word itself remains the most sublime creative force. [...]
Oct
Flamenco is also oriental
¿Who said that flamenco was only something from Spain? Aside from the theories about the [...]
Oct
A European guide for the well-being of pluralist societies
Migrants and their descendants, a Guide to policies for the well-being of all in pluralist [...]
Sep
Poetic comparisons
“According to al-Saqundí, the Al-Andalús poets excelled in comparative imagination. Flowers sometimes serve to paint [...]
Sep
Islam’s view of Nature
Islam contains an elaborate hierarchy of knowledge integrated by the principle of Divine Unity (tawhid). [...]
Sep
FUNCI launchs a Mediterranean Landscape Convention
The Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) in the framework of its program Med-O-Med Cultural Landscapes for [...]
Sep
A project of FUNCI in the South of Lebanon
Doueir Municipality in collaboration with FUNCI’s Program Med-O-Med, has been officially notified of the acceptance [...]
Sep
Ibn Khaldun and the rise and fall of Empires
Abu Zayd ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Khaldun al-Hadhrami, 14th-century Arab historiographer and historian, was [...]
Aug
Women’s voices from the Muslim World
Women’s Voices Now is a young organization founded in January 2010. Their mission is to [...]
Aug
The tomb of Abu Madyan in Tlemcen
These are the pictures of the young algerian photographer Saadou Taleb, taken during his successive visits to [...]
Aug
Pictures of a Stone Town in Zanzibar
This is the remarkable work of an italian photographer, Paolo Evangelista, on the muslim community [...]
Jul
FUNCI in the cellebrations of Tlemcem 2011
This year we will paticipate in the cultural events organised in Tlemcen, Algeria, as it [...]
Jul
Art captures the rush of Egypt’s revolution
From graffiti to YouTube videos, the Shubbak festival brings the energy and unpredictability of the [...]
Jul
New Heritage Sites in Mediterranean and Middle East
UNESCO has inscribed in its World Heritage list 25 new sites. Five of these new [...]
Jul
FUNCI in a Campus of Excellence for environment
The Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), through its International Cooperation Programme Med-O-Med, Cultural Landscapes of the [...]
Jun
FUNCI signs an agreement in Marrakesh
On 9 June, FUNCI (Fundación de Cultura Islámica) signed an important agreement, as part of [...]
Jun
FUNCI at Facebook
Dear friends of the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), we want you to know about our [...]
Jun