Ramadan and fasting in monotheist religions

Dr. Mohamed Chtatou Ramadan, a sacred month for Muslims, commemorates the revelation of the Qur’an [...]

Ramadan Mubarak!

The rise of hydraulic clocks in Morocco

From the water clock erected at the Koutoubia gate by the Almohads to the numerous [...]

Muslims in the Viceroyalty of Peru

To speak on the subject of the Arabs in the viceroyalty, it would be necessary [...]

The Almaden mines, an Andalusi heritage

During the Al-Andalus period, mining activity was very important and the extracted materials were exported [...]

Sea of Tears, an exhibition to the migrants lost in the sea

We reproduce the article “Sea of Tears, Garden of Memory”published on the AramcoWorld’s latest issue. [...]

Happy New Year

We wish you a very peaceful and flourishing Year

The mantle of Roger II: the legacy of a multicultural society

The 12th century is often described as a period marked by the Crusades, called by [...]

A European capital’s forgotten memory: Madrid’s Islamic past

Unexpectedly wedged between vehicles in an underground car park lie the remnants of Madrid’s forgotten [...]

Ibn Jubayr: An Andalusian Traveller for Penance

Between the eleventh and the fifteenth century, three great groups of civilizations were in contact [...]

FUNCI expands its bibliographic base with the Benumeya Database

The Islamic Culture Foundation has just published the Benumeya Database of Bibliography on North Africa [...]

Tranquility, or sakînah, in Islam

Tranquility is the character, or state, of that which is calm, serene, without anxiety, without [...]

Hanna Diyab and the The Thousand and One Nights

In 1709, Antoine Galland, renowned translator of The Thousand and One Nights from Arabic into [...]

Kalīla wa-Dimna: an inspiring literary-political fable.

Tristan Semiond – FUNCI In the 8th century, the Persian writer Ibn al-Muqaffa’ translated the [...]

FUNCI and the Journey of Arabic coffee

Last October 4, the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) participated in the Sharjah Literary Days, organized [...]

The heritage of Al-Andalus in Peruvian food

The Arab influence on Peruvian and other Latin American cuisine is unmistakable. Here is an [...]

Jajouka, Sufi music for intercultural dialogue

“The Master Musicians music is one of the great legal highs, a thundering, transporting chorale [...]

Emerging Libyan artists to watch and learn

Arts and culture writer Naima Morelli selects five Libyan artists for the Middle East Eye, [...]

Eid al-Adha Mubarak

Make use of medical treatment, for Allah has not made a desease without appointing a [...]

Interfaith dialogue through travel literature

Dr. Mohamed Chtatou The rihla or travel literature has played an outstanding role in the [...]