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	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;Gardens of Al-Andalus&#8221; in Dos Hermanas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The exhibition of funci &#8220;Gardens of al-Andalus&#8221; travels now to Dos Hermanas, in collaboration with the Council of that sevilian town, as part of Med-O-Med programme.
“¡Oh dwellers of al-Ándalus, what blessings you enjoy, water, shade, rivers and trees!
The Garden of Eternal Happiness is not abroad but here in your lands: could I but choose, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the archeological prospecting in the Agdal, begins</title>
		<link>http://www.funci.org/en/2012/diary/the-archeological-prospecting-in-the-agdal-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A team of experts of the Laboratory of Architecture and Archaeology of the City (LAAC. CSIC, Arabic Studies School of Granada) coordinated by our collaborator Julio Navarro Palazón, Doctor of Islamic Archaeology, will travel soon to Morocco to carry out the archaeological prospecting of the Agdal garden in Marrakesh, as a part of the restoration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ORCHARD GARDEN in al-andalus</title>
		<link>http://www.funci.org/en/2012/articles/the-orchard-garden-in-al-andalus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamic Culture Foundation
From the exhibition &#8220;Gardens of Al-Ándalus&#8221; 
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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technical visit to Southern Lebanon and Palestine</title>
		<link>http://www.funci.org/en/2011/diary/technical-visit-to-southern-lebanon-and-palestine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Francisco Martín, projects technician at the islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), travelled to Lebanon and Palestine in order to assess two Med-O-Med projects at very different stages of implementation.
The FUNCI&#8217;S Programme &#8220;Med-O-Med, Cultural Landscapes in the Mediterranean and Middle East&#8221; collaborates with the Municipality of Doueir in southern Lebanon in the “Green Doueir, Clever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry christmas and happy new year</title>
		<link>http://www.funci.org/en/2011/diary/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We wish you Merry Christmas and hope that 2012 will bring a bit more of wisdom, peace and solidarity, and that all of us will contribute to build a more sustainable future.

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		<title>Eid El Adha mubarak</title>
		<link>http://www.funci.org/en/2011/diary/eid-el-adha-mubarak-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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On the occasion of the Eid El Adha, which means something greater than to gather round a table, we would like to wish you a future filled with peace, balance and welfare, which contributes to keep the Umma closed under any circumstances.

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		<title>Three women for the Nobel peace prize</title>
		<link>http://www.funci.org/en/2011/diary/three-women-for-the-nobel-peace-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FUNCI</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.
Congratulations for all of them and especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flamenco is also oriental</title>
		<link>http://www.funci.org/en/2011/diary/flamenco-is-also-oriental/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[¿Who said that flamenco was only something from Spain? Aside from the theories about the origins of flamenco (it came probably from the North of India and was introduced in Spain in the 15th century), it is sure that more and more people from all over the world like and play it. This is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A european guide for the well-being of pluralist societies</title>
		<link>http://www.funci.org/en/2011/diary/a-european-guide-for-the-well-being-of-pluralist-societies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Migrants and their descendants - Guide to policies for the well-being of all in pluralist societies (2011)
Migration to and within Europe has profoundly changed the life and image of the continent. This guide offers theoretical and practical tools for an innovative approach to a key political issue: how, along with our immigrant fellow-citizens, can we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poetic comparisons</title>
		<link>http://www.funci.org/en/2011/diary/poetic-comparisons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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