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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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. [...]
Jan
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 [...]
Dec
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 [...]
Dec
Ibn Jubayr: An Andalusian Traveller for Penance
Between the eleventh and the fifteenth century, three great groups of civilizations were in contact [...]
Dec
FUNCI expands its bibliographic base with the Benumeya Database
The Islamic Culture Foundation has just published the Benumeya Database of Bibliography on North Africa [...]
Nov
Tranquility, or sakînah, in Islam
Tranquility is the character, or state, of that which is calm, serene, without anxiety, without [...]
Nov
Hanna Diyab and the The Thousand and One Nights
In 1709, Antoine Galland, renowned translator of The Thousand and One Nights from Arabic into [...]
Nov
Kalīla wa-Dimna: an inspiring literary-political fable.
Tristan Semiond – FUNCI In the 8th century, the Persian writer Ibn al-Muqaffa’ translated the [...]
Oct
FUNCI and the Journey of Arabic coffee
Last October 4, the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) participated in the Sharjah Literary Days, organized [...]
Oct
The heritage of Al-Andalus in Peruvian food
The Arab influence on Peruvian and other Latin American cuisine is unmistakable. Here is an [...]
Sep
Jajouka, Sufi music for intercultural dialogue
“The Master Musicians music is one of the great legal highs, a thundering, transporting chorale [...]
Aug
Emerging Libyan artists to watch and learn
Arts and culture writer Naima Morelli selects five Libyan artists for the Middle East Eye, [...]
Jul
Eid al-Adha Mubarak
Make use of medical treatment, for Allah has not made a desease without appointing a [...]
Jul
Interfaith dialogue through travel literature
Dr. Mohamed Chtatou The rihla or travel literature has played an outstanding role in the [...]
Jul
Susana Mangana joins FUNCI
This month we have a reason to celebrate. Professor and researcher Susana Mangana Porteiro has [...]
Jul
Why Do We Need “Islamic Feminism”?
The Observatory of Islamophobia in the Media recovers this article published by the anthropologist Ziba [...]
Jun
Ivan Agueli, a painter against Islamophobia
Review of the book Anarchist, Artist, Sufi: The Politics, Painting, and Esotericism of Ivan Aguéli, [...]
Jun
We celebrate the I Interdisciplinary Congress on the History and Memory of the Islamic Madrid
Last May 20th and 21st, we celebrated the I Interdisciplinary Congress on the History and [...]
May
Leonardo Fibonacci and the Indo-Arabic mathematics of nature
Counting the petals of a flower in any of the botanical gardens in the Med-O-Med [...]
May