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These are some of the most well known natural products used in cosmetics in the traditional culture of Morocco.
Black Soap:
It is 100% natural product which helps soften the skin.
How to use black soap in the bathroom: Apply soap over wet body, and immerse yourself in a bath for 15 minutes. Then vigorously rub your [...]

We are pleased to inform you that our short documentary The voices of water, produced by the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) within the framework of “Med-O-Med, Cultural Landscapes of the Mediterranean and Middle East” is already available in our Youtube Channel in HD (High Definition) and any one can use it as an educational and [...]

The word Bedouin (bedw) is referred to the habitants of Badia (al-badia), a place where it is possible to practice the nomad shepherding. This word can be translated it as” desert” (as a guidance only). Al-badia is an idea containing a meaning related to a more ecologic and human nature than a geological or geographic [...]

Just over a year ago, the Islamic Culture Foundation, along with the Municipality of Doueir in southern Lebanon, launched the Med-O-Med project entitled “Green Doueir, Clever Doueir”. Aimed at consolidating a sound waste management plan in Doueir and enhancing the environmental awareness of its citizens, a wide range of actions have been done since our [...]

The last Sahabi alive. The last good fellow alive. This is how they call this tree located in the inhospitable desert in northern Jordan.
A caravan going to Syria sat down under its shadow. Muhammad, the future Prophet of Islam, was travelling with the caravan. He was as young as nine years old and was accompanying [...]

Rabat, modern capital and historic city: a shared heritage
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, meeting in St. Petersburg (Russia), unanimously decided, on Friday, to inscribe the site “Rabat, modern capital and historic city: a shared heritage” on the UNESCO-sponsored World Heritage List.
Rabat’s bid did not require a vote for its bid, as 21 members of the World [...]

On the occasion of the recent presentation of the book “El enigma del agua en al-Andalus”, written by Cherif Abderrahman Jah, president of FUNCI, and published by Lunwerg, we would like to inform you that we are putting on sale an unlimited number of copies of the book, and also of other of our publications [...]

Islamic Culture Foundation
From the exhibition “Gardens of Al-Ándalus”
In al-Ándalus, gardens had more than just an aesthetic role. The orchard gardens grew aromatic plants, fruit trees and vegetables not only to please the senses of sight and smell, but also for agricultural purposes. This required careful distribution of water and led to the development of [...]

From the book “Los Aromas de al-Andalus”, Cherif Abderrahman Jah, Editorial Alianza
“According to al-Saqundí, the Al-Andalús poets excelled in comparative imagination. Flowers sometimes serve to paint a loved one’s portrait. Ibn Labbana (11th century) wrote:
“The qualities of a rose are nothing next to hers, birdsong is nothing next to hers”.
Ibn ‘Ammar, vizier at al-Mu’tamid in [...]

Source: islamawareness.net
Islam contains an elaborate hierarchy of knowledge integrated by the principle of Divine Unity (tawhid). This hierarchy includes juridical, social, and theological sciences, as well as spiritual and metaphysical ones, all of which derive their principles from the Qur’an. Elaborate philosophical, natural, and mathematical sciences, each originating from one of God’s Beautiful Names, also [...]