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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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Lailat al Qadr
Lailat al Qadr (27 Ramadan) – Night of Power Lailat al Qadr, the Night of [...]
Oct
Islam and de rules of governance
Islam is an universal message that knows no national boundaries. It makes no distinctions in [...]
Oct
Maps of the Ottoman world
European Cartographers and the Ottoman World 1500–1750 Maps From the Collection of O. J. Sopranos. [...]
Sep
Treasures from Sudan
The Legacy of Timbuktu: Wonders of the Written Word centers on manuscripts from the Mamma [...]
Sep
An essay on Nasser
Psychological warfare is getting the better of us in the Arab World, politicians and statesmen [...]
Sep
Capturing Paradise
The Trustees of Braintree Discrict Museum and Cultural Services at Braintree Discrict Council (Essex. United [...]
Sep
Film festival 2007 in Istanbul
New NY Crossroads 2007 Film Festival is in full swing and preparations for the Premiere [...]
Aug
Daily life at Rayy
Daily Life Ornamented: The Medieval Persian City of Rayy examines the distinctive artistic traditions of [...]
Aug
Gaza at the Crossroads of Civilizations
This exhibition presents 121 objects, most excavated by joint Palestinian–French rescue digs since 1994, that [...]
Aug
Cessez de vouloir « sauver » l’Afrique !
À l’automne 2006, peu après mon retour du Nigeria, je fus interpellé par une blonde [...]
Aug
Persian arts and culture
Persia: 30 Centuries of Arts and Culture presents nearly 200 works from Persia’s antiquity to [...]
Aug
The Qur’an and modern science
Dr. Maurice Bucaille is an eminent French surgeon, scientist, scholar and author of “The Bible, [...]
Aug
Nouvelles recherches sur al-Andalus
Récemment la Casa de Velázquez, à Madrid, a publié un livre intitulé Regards sur al-Andalus (VIIIe – XVe [...]
Jul
Spirit and life of islam at london
Spirit & Life, an exhibition of rare Islamic art and manuscripts never before displayed in [...]
Jul
Un boycott criminel
Le boycott économique imposé au peuple palestinien par les Etats-Unis et l’Union européenne, destiné à [...]
Jul
Discours d’une citoyenne israélienne
Commémorer les 40 ans d’occupation Bonsoir. C’est un grand honneur pour moi d’être sur cette scène [...]
Jun
Between the Euphrates and the Tigris
The Jazira: A Cultural Landscape Between the Euphrates and the Tigris presents the art and [...]
Jun
Medieval Islamic Ceramics
Perpetual Glory: Medieval Islamic Ceramics from the Harvey B. Plotnick Collection presents about 100 treasures [...]
Jun
Two Israeli perspectives of Gaza issues
The Palestinian/Arab – Israeli Issue is nearly sixty years old with bloody cycles of devastating [...]
Jun
A Varying Comment on Shari’a
In responding to the centrality of art in the advancement of civilizations, I am at [...]
Jun