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“The Arab “Islamic” City” in a Lecture at the BA

The BA Center for Islamic Civilization Studies organizes a lecture entitled “The Arab “Islamic” City: Between the Genesis of Urbanism and the Historiography of a Concept”, delivered by Prof. Nezar AlSayyad, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Architecture, Planning, and Urban History at the ...

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“The Remaining Evidence of the Andalusian Civilization” in a Seminar at the BA

The BA Center for Islamic Civilization Studies, in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes, organizes a seminar entitled “The Remaining Evidence of the Andalusian Civilization” on Sunday, 23 October 2022. Participants in this seminar include Dr. Juan Castilla Brazales, former Director of the School ...

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The BA Publishes the Book The Biophilic Design of the Alhambra

The BA Center for Islamic Civilization Studies has published the book The Biophilic Design of the Alhambra by the researcher and architect Ahmed al-Rhodesly. The book deals with Alhambra Palace's architecture in Granada from a new perspective concerned with biophilic design, as the author seeks ...

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Seminar: "Mosque Architecture and its Impact on Economic and Social Development"

The BA Center for Islamic Civilization Studies, in cooperation with Abdullatif Alfozan Award for Mosque Architecture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, organizes the second international seminar on mosque architecture entitled "Mosque Architecture and its Impact on Economic and Social Development", on ...

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Call for submission of research papers in the peer-reviewed Memory of Arabs journal

On the occasion of the selection of Cairo by the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) as the capital of Islamic culture for 2020, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Center for Islamic Civilization Studies announces the publication of special issues of Memory of Arabs ...

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