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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Arte, tecnología y literatura hispano musulmanes
Catalogue of the homonymous exhibition, in the frame of the II Islamic Culture Conference Aragón [...]
Sep
Al-Andalus, culinary magic and seduction
Small publication about the cuisine in Al-Andalus, the products, the agriculture, the food philosophy and [...]
Feb
Demand for the recognition of the historical legacy of Madrid
The Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) has joined the request filed by the Intercultural Circle Arab [...]
Nov
Fragments of the oldest Quran in the World
Fragments of what researchers say are part of one of the world’s oldest manuscripts of [...]
Jul
The older copy of the Qu’ran of the Word
Scholars at the Coranica Project, part of the University of Tübingen, examined a manuscript written in Kufic script, [...]
Nov
Contributions of Islamic Civilisation to the European Culture
This international congress took place in Paris in 1991, at the UNESCO and the Institut [...]
Aug
Al-Jwarizmi and the algorithms
Mohammed Ibn Musa al-Jwarizmi (780-850), better known as al-Jwarizmi, was the inventor of the algebra, [...]
Aug
Journey to Mecca
Journey to Mecca tells the incredible true story of Ibn Battuta, one of the greatest [...]
Jul
On the Nabateans
Trade is often regarded as one of the key indicators of a civilization’s relative success. [...]
Jul
The water in al-Andalus, in Andalusia and Toledo
In the last few weeks, we have been carrying out the tour of presentations and [...]
Oct
The Sinjska Alka, intangible heritage
The term ‘cultural heritage’ has changed content considerably in recent decades, partially owing to the [...]
Dec
‘Hajj’ in the Past
John Lewis Burckhardt, 1814 Swiss-born orientalist, John Lewis Burckhardt travelled widely across Africa and the [...]
Nov
Le besoin de croire Obama
Le discours d’Obama au Caire constitue sans aucun doute un tournant décisif dans les relations [...]
Jun
Hadith Bayad wa Riyad Manuscript
Elena López Cuenca The purpose of this work is to account for the subject matter [...]
Jan
Moroccans and Spaniards seek lost Andalus
Beyond al-Qaeda, Moroccans and Spaniards seek lost Andalus In 1492 – the legend goes – [...]
Jun
60 years of Nakba
This year Israel celebrates its 60th birthday. Yet for Palestinians and for people of conscience [...]
May
An essay on Nasser
Psychological warfare is getting the better of us in the Arab World, politicians and statesmen [...]
Sep
Discours d’une citoyenne israélienne
Commémorer les 40 ans d’occupation Bonsoir. C’est un grand honneur pour moi d’être sur cette scène [...]
Jun
Between the Euphrates and the Tigris
The Jazira: A Cultural Landscape Between the Euphrates and the Tigris presents the art and [...]
Jun
Alhambra among the 7 wonders?
There were Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Now, 2,200 years later, we are choosing [...]
May