Tag Archives: History
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Piece of the month: the “Taller del Moro”
Throughout the month of March, thanks to the collaboration between the Centre for Studies on [...]
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CEMI’s participation in the “Medina” program of RTVE
Last January, the Centre for the Study of Islamic Madrid (CEMI), a project of the [...]
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Solidarity and sharing in the Arab-Islamic world
The Big Contradiction Amongst the topics that come up often in debates, newspapers, news, talk [...]
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Surnames of Arabic origin
The Arab legacy in the Iberian Peninsula can be seen through multiple and diverse aspects, [...]
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Amazigh women, guardians of language and culture
The complex landscape of language politics of Tamazight and Literary Arabic, influenced by French colonialism, [...]
Jun
Mayrit: from the University to an Erasmus project
During the month of May, the Center for the Study on Islamic Madrid (CEMI) has [...]
May
Marseille, a proud and mixed-race city
At a time when the world is closing in on the “other”, and identities are [...]
May
The Center for the Study on Islamic Toledo signs an agreement with UCLM
The Islamic Culture Foundation has created the Center for the Study on Islamic Toledo (CETI). [...]
May
Ramadan and fasting in monotheist religions
Dr. Mohamed Chtatou Ramadan, a sacred month for Muslims, commemorates the revelation of the Qur’an [...]
Apr
Muslims in the Viceroyalty of Peru
To speak on the subject of the Arabs in the viceroyalty, it would be necessary [...]
Feb
The Almaden mines, an Andalusi heritage
During the Al-Andalus period, mining activity was very important and the extracted materials were exported [...]
Feb
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
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
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
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
Al-Andalus: Multiculturalism, Tolerance and Convivencia
By Dr. Mohamed Chtatou 10/05/2021 Settled in the Iberian Peninsula since the eighth century, the [...]
May