Tag Archives: Al-Andalus

FUNCI expands its bibliographic base with the Benumeya Database

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

The heritage of Al-Andalus in Peruvian food

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

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 [...]

Al-Andalus: Multiculturalism, Tolerance and Convivencia

By Dr. Mohamed Chtatou 10/05/2021 Settled in the Iberian Peninsula since the eighth century, the [...]

The emergence of the Rihla or travel literature

“Travelling – it leaves you speechless and then turns you into a storyteller”, Ibn Battuta [...]

Andalusia, mon amour, part 2

This is the second part of Dr. Chtatou’s text on Al-Andalus, its history and development. [...]

Muslim women of Castile

Due to its gender identity and its religious option, the Muslim women of Castile were [...]

Andalusia, mon amour, part 1

Al-Andalus in Andalusia Dr Mohamed Chtatou Andalusia is the seduction of Spain. It is believed [...]

Ibn ‘Arabi, the Andalusian Sufi Prince of Humility

Sufism designates the effort of internalization of the Qur’anic Revelation, the break with the purely [...]

The Cambridge Mosque garden, a balm for the soul

A year since the ‘eco-mosque’ opened, Islamic garden specialist Emma Clark explains the traditional principles [...]

Khamsa, the hand of Fatima

The hand of Fatima has become one of the most common symbols to produce jewels, [...]

A tour through the maps of Madrid

In these days of “lockdown” for a common good, our colleague Daniel Gil-Benumeya, Scientific Coordinator [...]

The Moors of Majorca

When one thinks of the Balearic Islands, Spain’s rich Islamic history doesn’t come to mind [...]

Qalasādi, a Great Andalusi Mathematician

Nowadays we can’t really imagine algebra that doesn’t involve symbols, but there was a time [...]

Al-Andalus’ Naturalists and the Mediterranean

The orientalization of the science of Al-Andalus was essential for the later development of the [...]

Maslama al-Mayriti, Maslama of Madrid

The current capital of Spain is rooted in the Al-Andalus period. Between the years 852 [...]

We present the book homage to Julio Caro Baroja

Last Saturday June 1st took place the presentation of the book Not of the Letter [...]

The hidden Islamic history of Madrid revealed

We portray underneath a brief story on the Islamic origins of Madrid published by reporter [...]

An epistemological reparation of the Andalusi agronomy

The “Modernity/Colonial” movement is a line of thought appeared in South America at the beginning [...]

FUNCI at a seminar on Islamic economy and tourism

On the 4th to 6th of April, FUNCI participated in several meetings and activities carried [...]