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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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FUNCI, in the II World Forum of Cities for Peace
FUNCI participates in the II World Forum on Urban Violence and Education for Coexistence and [...]
Nov
Medina Azahara grows to the east of the Caliphal Palace
A Spanish-Germany archaeological team has found, in a new excavated area, a big administrative building [...]
Oct
Culinary activities at the Qatar National Library
The activities, which took place last 23rd and 24th of September at Qatar National Library [...]
Sep
CEMI participates in the 5th edition of the Hispano-Arab Book Fair
The Center for the Study of Islamic Madrid (CEMI) will participate in the 5th edition [...]
Sep
The miracle of numbers in the Quran
Even though the miracle of numbers present in the Quran is already known among many [...]
Sep
Aid Mubarak Said 1439 / 2018
We wish you a happy and peaceful Festival of Sacrifice along with your loved ones. [...]
Aug
Not of the letter but of the Spirit
This book gathers different manuscripts, some of them already published and others completely new, from [...]
Jul
Madrid according to the Arabic sources, by M.J. Viguera
This article by Prof. María Jesús Viguera Molíns, member of the Spanish Royal Academy of [...]
Jun
Publishing of “Islamic Madrid. A recovered history”
Last June 11th, the Islamic Culture Foundation participated in the Nights of Ramadan, organized by [...]
Jun
Muhammad I, fundador de Madrid
Quinto emir omeya de al-Andalus, Muhammad I fue hijo del emir ‘Abd al-Rahmān II y [...]
Jun
El Mayrit medieval y el parque del Emir Mohamed I
La FUNCI, en el marco de su recién creado Centro de Estudios sobre el Madrid [...]
Jun
“Mayrit, los orígenes árabes de Madrid” en Canal Europa
El pasado 14 de diciembre, Canal Europa publicó un breve reportaje sobre los orígenes islámicos [...]
Jun
Los Viajes de Agua y la plaza de los Carros
Este artículo, extraído del blog Arte en Madrid, ofrece un repaso histórico de los qanat, [...]
Jun
Qatar National Library hosts Gardens of Al-Andalus exhibition
Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al-Thani, Qatar National Library (QNL) will [...]
Jun
Presentation of the book “Madrid islámico. La historia recuperada” (Islamic Madrid. A recovered history)
For the second time in a row, the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNC) is participating in [...]
Jun
Cherif Abderrahman Jah and the “Gardens of al-Andalus”
The Qur’anic Botanic Garden (QBG), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has launched its ‘Gardens [...]
May
Islamic tapestry with figurative scenes
In Islam, figurative designs are, at the least, unadvisable. Some of them, as is the [...]
May
Passages from the Bible discovered behind Qur’an manuscript
An “extraordinary” discovery by an eagle-eyed scholar has identified the shadowy outlines of passages from [...]
May
Yazid Kheloufi, spiritual calligraphy
Yazid Kheloufi’s works show an approach to writing as a means of creation, through calligraphy [...]
Apr