Islamic Culture Foundation 

The exhibition of funci “Gardens of al-Andalus” 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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’S Programme “Med-O-Med, Cultural Landscapes in the Mediterranean and Middle East” collaborates with the Municipality of Doueir in southern Lebanon in the “Green Doueir, Clever […]

¿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 […]

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 […]

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 […]