Tag Archives: Art
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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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CEMI at FITUR fair. A tour of Islamic Madrid
On January 25, the Center for Studies on Islamic Madrid (CEMI), created by de Islamic [...]
Feb
Sheikh Hamad Award 2023 for FUNCI
On 13 December 2023 was held in Doha (Qatar) the ninth edition of the Sheikh [...]
Feb
The Islamic collections of the Museum of Santa Cruz in Toledo
Summary Although part of the cultural heritage has a monumental character, sometimes it is the [...]
Nov
Islamic carpets and fabrics in Renaissance art
There is a general awareness of the reason for the presence of textiles of Islamic [...]
Nov
Ibn ‘Arabi and Sufism, a way of reading Islamic architecture
Why does man choose to express himself through art and how does he do so? [...]
Jul
Moriscos influence in Rabat and Salé in the 16th and 17th centuries
On 18 May, the Islamic Culture Foundation was invited to participate in the international conference [...]
May
In Saudi Arabia, in the footsteps of the Prophet
Hijrah: in the footsteps of the Prophet. This was the theme chosen by Ithra (the [...]
Mar
A research recovers the ancient potters women of the Alhambra
Potters women working for the Alhambra, new chronologies or manufacturing methods are some of the [...]
Feb
Exhibitions in Italy and Spain as a reflection of a crisis
This article analyses a sample of temporary exhibitions that explore the effects of a geopolitical [...]
Dec
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
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
Ivan Agueli, a painter against Islamophobia
Review of the book Anarchist, Artist, Sufi: The Politics, Painting, and Esotericism of Ivan Aguéli, [...]
Jun
Andalusia, mon amour, part 1
Al-Andalus in Andalusia Dr Mohamed Chtatou Andalusia is the seduction of Spain. It is believed [...]
Nov
Astonishing mosques in China
China has an ambiguous stance in regards to institutionalized faith. On the one hand, the [...]
Oct
Amazigh Identity in Morocco and Algeria
The Amazighs are the oldest inhabitants of North Africa, a proof of that is their [...]
Aug
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 [...]
Jul
Moroccan photographers sticking their neck out
Twelve Moroccan photographers have joined forces in order to contribute the COVID-19 fight in their [...]
Jun