The rehabilitation of the irrigation system of Barjas

After twenty years of abandonment, and even forty in the case of the branch of [...]

01
Feb
The magic of spices in Arab Cooking

An important part of the Arab lifestyle takes place around the table, savouring a good [...]

20
Jan
Video ‘l’Agdal par un temps d’hiver’

This winter is being particularly cold in Morocco, and the snow in the Atlas mountains [...]

05
Jan
Interview to Inés Eléxpuru, of FUNCI

Interview done by Pilar Sampietro, of the Radio 3 (Spain) programme’s Mediterráneo to Inés Eléxpuru, [...]

31
Dec
Conama 2014: Recipes not to devour the world

The National Environmental Council (Conama) took place in Madrid last November. This is the foremost [...]

15
Dec
Floral Algerian tiles

Algeria highlights for its pottery production, still little known. Here are two beautiful examples of [...]

07
Dec
The Spiritual Garden

On the occasion of the IV Hispanic-Arabic Gardening Conference,  our President Cherif Abderrahman Jah wrote this [...]

04
Nov
Water and fragrances in Islamic gardens, getting close to the spiritual

The Arabic words Hadiqah, riyad, janna, raudah refer to the garden in its classical sense, [...]

04
Nov
Interview with Faissal Cherradi, our heritage expert

‘Faissal Cherradi, consultant architect to the Moroccan Ministry of Culture and specialist in earthen architecture [...]

03
Nov
FUNCI participated in the IV Hispanic-Arab Gardening Encounter

FUNCI participated as a cooperating oranization in the IV edition of the Hispanic-Arabic Gardening International [...]

19
Oct
Nature and Islam

According to the Islamic Tradition “Nature was created as a source of inspiration for spiritual [...]

07
Oct
7th WEEC works have been published

The proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Environmental Education (WEEC, Marrakech, 9-14 June 2013) [...]

26
Sep
Descriptions of Agdal of Marrakech from History

For the comprehensive restoration of the royal estate Agdal of Marrakech, the team of FUNCI [...]

12
Sep
A musical interlude

Sometime during 821,an elegant man disembarked a the port of Algeciras. His name was ibn [...]

03
Sep
The living farming heritage of the Dílar River in Granada

The last issue of ‘e-rph‘ – Electronic Journal of Historical Heritage (in Spanish language) – [...]

03
Sep
The Islamic Garden

This seminar is a compilation of works of many scholars who have very keenly studied [...]

25
Aug
Investing ethically in the Middle East

With several of the Middle East’s city-states becoming some of the world’s richest locations, it’s [...]

05
Aug
‘Id al-Fitr Mubarak

  Once again, the Islamic Culture Foundation would like to express its best wishes to [...]

24
Jul
Forest Communicators Network in the Mediterranean and Near East

Over 30 participants from 10 countries including Egypt, France, Iran, Jordan, Spain, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, [...]

15
Jul
Open Doors Day at the Botanic Garden of Rabat

The Moroccan Agronomic Research Institute (INRA) has organised this Tuesday 17th June, in collaboration with [...]

13
Jun
A day without cars in Marrakech

On the occasion of the “World Environment Day”, the 8th of June was held in [...]

03
Jun
Med-O-Med in the Jury of the International Carlo Scarpa Prize

The Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche, which awards every year the International Carlo Scarpa Prize for [...]

27
May
International Day for Biological Diversity

Today at Med-O-Med we join the celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity on [...]

22
May
The art of monkey orchids

The vegetal art can also be from natural origin and emulate animal shapes. This is [...]

02
May
Technical campaigns in the Agdal of Marrakech continue

The rehabilitation project of Agdal Gardens in Marrakech is moving forward. A technical visit has [...]

23
Apr
About food sovereignty

This video explains the causes that emped the Food Sovereignty, as we defend it at [...]

11
Mar
El enigma del agua en Al-Andalus

We are glad to inform you that on the occasion of the presentation events of [...]

10
Mar
The figs of Málaga

“A judge from Málaga complained about the diet his doctor had prescribed, which the local [...]

08
Mar
Islam and Nature. Natural balance is based on Divine balance

  Balance in nature and environment was mentioned in the Qur’an and should be maintained: [...]

03
Feb
Taste Paradise 2014 on Persian Gardens

Last year we informed you about the tour and workshop on the Persian Garden in [...]

30
Jan