Islamic Culture Foundation 

The Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), through its International Cooperation Programme Med-O-Med, Cultural Landscapes of the Mediterranean and Middle East, belongs to the International Campus of Excellence for Environment, Biodiversity and Global Change created by the CSIC and different Universities from Andalusia.
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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 [...]

Dear friends of the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI),
we want you to know about our new Facebook profile, in which you will be able to follow our activities and to deepen in the knowledge of the different aspects of the Islamic culture.
We created de Islamic Culture Foundation in 1982 to impulse the dialogue between nations and [...]

In our Programme Med-O-Med, cultural landscapes of the Mediterranean and Middle East we have created a prototype of Med-O-Med Station for the sustainable development. The video here bellow shows the design made by our collaborator, the Spanish architect Manuel Ocaña.
“Med-O-Med Stations” aim to be model locations for sustainable consumption and development that focus on the [...]

Deadline: 15 July 2011
The 2011 Edition of the Anna Lindh Journalist Award, created by Anna Lindh Foundation, of which FUNCI forms part, was officially launched on the 6th of April during the Arab-West Media Dialogue Forum, an international event which took place at the League of Arab States Headquarters in Cairo. The event was inaugurated [...]

The Programme of Internatinal Cooperation for the protection of natural and cultural environment Med-O-Med, cultural landscapes in the mediterranean and middle east, by  Islamic Culture Foundation of Madrid, has had an important news coverage during the last weeks. Here we reproduce some examples:
The spanish magazine online on ecology, sustainibility and naturalistic traveling BIOTRAVELER has published an interesting [...]

The Anna Lindh Foundation has created the very first issue of the Anna Lindh Digest, an online resource for civil society bringing together a selection of news, in depth articles, contextual information and expert analysis on fields which are relevant for intercultural dialogue across the Euro-Mediterranean region.
Edition 1 – 24/02/2011
Please send your feedbacks and proposed [...]

This is the video that runs over these days among the egyptians, and symbolizes the people’s liberation and the triumph of youth:
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“Justice is half of faith”.
“All human beings are like the teeth of a comb” (in terms of equality)
These “hadith” or statements attributed to the Prophet Muhammad makes clear what Islam believes in human rights. However, the notions of justice, fairness and equality are universal and the same for everyone, both from religious or secular point [...]

This is the winning photograph on the 2010 edition of the international competition Different viewpoints: LIVING HERITAGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Organised by Euromed Heritage 4 and Rehabimed, this competition aims to promote the Euro-Mediterranean cultural heritage, increase public awareness of peoples’ national and regional cultural legacy, and encourage their appropriation of this rich heritage.
The theme of [...]

Exhibition “Gardens of Al-Andalus”
Under the High Patronage of HRH Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Governor of Riyadh
« An invitation to intercultural dialogue and respect for the environment »
National Museum, King Abdulaziz Historical Center -  Riyadh
From January 15th to February 15th, 2011
In the XIII anniversary of the birth of Al-Andalus, the exhibition “Gardens of Al-Andalus” [...]

The FUNCI and Med-O-Med team wish you a very happy, peaceful and fruitful 2011, full of new projects and initiatives to share and enjoy.
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