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02 Casa Árabe 2008 03 Letter from the President 8 0 0 2 e b a r Á a s a C 0404.Letter from the President Hispano-Arab relations have strengthened substantially in the last five years, helped by the creation and consolidation of Casa Árabe. The Government’s foreign policy and international action have enabled traditional relations with the Arab-Muslim world to be modernised and relaunched. The relationship now has a multidimensional focus that encompasses not only traditional politico-diplomatic channels but also social, economic, cultural, scientific and technological relations. Public diplomacy and popular action form part of the exchange of knowledge and experiences to our mutual benefit, enabling old clichés to be overcome.

As President of Casa Árabe I am particularly pleased about the growing influence of the institution within our country, in the Arab zone to which it refers, and in Europe and Latin America, making it a necessary and moder- nising tool of Spanish foreign policy. The directorship of this public consortium and its PRESIDENTPresident staff have rigorously revealed the potential of Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé Hispano-Arab relations, their deep roots, and encouraged the interest and attraction between Spain and Arab countries. This explains the growing influence of Casa Árabe’s programme of activities and the response it receives within and beyond our frontiers. This year, Casa Árabe initiated a close relationship with universities and Spanish institu- From its headquarters in Madrid and from its tions in the Arab region on matters of rese- International Institute of Arab and Muslim arch, publications and cultural and scientific World Studies in Cordoba, Casa Árabe pro- exchanges. Agreements were signed to deve- mote lines of research into political reforms lop a full programme of activities in various and socio-economic trends in Arab countries, Spanish regions and cities, aimed at reaching resulting in publications and activities produ- a broad and varied range of people across the ced by the socio-political observatory and the country. socio-economic forum respectively. Social conditions of Arab and Muslim women, Casa Árabe’s activities programme helped Muslims in the west, Islamisms in their con- develop and promote Arabic language and text, and education and the dynamics of culture, and supported our Foreign Service in socio-economic development are among the these and other educational tasks. Its move to research topics undertaken. The findings of a permanent Madrid headquarters, in the unique these investigations are passed on via various Escuelas Aguirre building, contributed greatly means and public events to experts and all to the effectiveness of its activity and aims. those interested. Madrid City Hall provided and renovated the building for Casa Árabe. Having a permanent Casa Árabe plays a crucial role in communi- base undoubtedly enabled us to strengthen cating and handling relations with the Arab its visibility, and signal the importance that world, and in promoting mutual knowledge Spain and its institutions give to relations with and intercultural diversity. The autonomous the Arab and Islamic world. communities of Andalusia and Madrid, and the town halls of Madrid and Cordoba contri- Activities in 2008 produced very satisfactory buted decisively to increasing our bilateral results and demonstrated the effectiveness of and multilateral relations, and developing this public consortium. This Annual Report relations with third parties, especially with provides information about all of them: they Latin America, the Gulf states and the are the fruit of inter-institutional cooperation European Union. and a legacy for Spanish society.

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The year 2008 continued to demonstrate the importance of the Arab and Islamic region in international relations, and its central place DIRECTORDirector General GENERAL Gema Martín Muñoz in Spain’s foreign policy. It confirmed the relevance of an institution like Casa Árabe in promoting knowledge, public diplomacy and research about Arab and Islamic countries. We focused on activities that included cross- cultural communication between the Arab world and the west, critical debate among intellectuals and academics, knowledge of temporary Arab artists; organise an ongoing the plurality of Arab and Islamic societies, film programme; establish the Arabic the dynamics of diplomatic and economic Language Centre, where more than 300 stu- interaction, and the dismantling of prejudi- dents currently learn literary Arabic and ces and stereotypes. These priorities encou- Moroccan dialect; take the first steps raged mutual engagement, the development towards building a Media Library and of common interests and points of contact Documentation Centre that will open to the between our respective societies. public next year.

In this process of extending its programmes, Casa Árabe experienced a year of intense Casa Árabe launched Arabia Americana, an activity in 2008, when it extended its pro- interdisciplinary project aimed at publicising grammes, increased its public spaces and Arab influence and contribution to Latin services, and consolidated itself as a project American national identities. The project reflecting the progressive importance of this seeks to promote Spain’s role as a bridge region of the world in the international order between Latin America and the Arab world in and for global stability. all aspects: historical, political, economic and cultural. It therefore developed its field of We moved into our permanent Madrid head- activity in Spain, in Arab countries and in quarters, a unique and beautiful historic buil- Latin America. ding provided by the capital’s City Hall, in March 2008. The move enabled us to carry All this was accompanied by increased activity out activities planned in the founding project in support of Spanish diplomacy via the orga- but which could not be developed earlier nisation of Arab institutional visits covering because of the lack of necessary space. politics, economics and culture. This streng- Thus, Casa Árabe was able to launch its thened Spain’s role as an interlocutor with the exhibition programme, devoted to showing Arab world within a European and internatio- the most avant-garde expressions of con- nal framework.

06 Casa Árabe 2008 07 Governing Board in 2008 8 0 0 2 e b a r Á a s a C 0808.Governing Board in 2008 PRESIDENTPresident Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

VICEVice Presidents PRESIDENTS MEMBERSMembers Manuel Chaves González Soraya Rodríguez Ramos President of the regional government of Andalusia Secretary of State and President of the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma for Development President of the regional government of Madrid Ángel Lossada Torres-Quevedo Alberto Ruiz Gallardón Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mayor of Madrid Diego López Garrido Rosa Aguilar Rivero Secretary of State for the European Union Mayor of Cordoba Alfonso Lucini Mateo Director General of Foreign Policy Fidel Sendagorta Gómez del Campillo Director General of Foreign Policy for the Mediterranean, Maghreb and Middle East Antoni Nicolau Martí Director of Cultural and Scientific Relations Carmen Moreno Raymundo Director of Cooperation with Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe Juan Díaz Muñoz Chief Adviser of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Gaspar Zarrías Arévalo Minister for the presidency of the regional government of Andalusia Santiago Fisas Ayxelá Minister for Culture and Tourism of the regional government of Madrid Ana María Román Martín Councillor for Coordination of Studies and External Relations of Madrid City Hall Rafael Blanco Perea First Deputy Mayor and Delegate for Institutional Relations and Culture of Cordoba Town Hall

08 Casa Árabe 2008 09 Casa Árabe 2008 10 Under theHonoraryPresidency ofTheirMajestiestheKingandQueenSpain 10 10.High Board ofTrustees Secretary General ToxoIgnacio Fernández (Workers Commissions) Comisiones Obreras Chairman Juan Badosa CESCE Chairman Jesús Bárcenas López of SmallandMediumCompanies) Confederation CEPYME (Spanish Chairman Busquet Santiago Bergareche CEPSA Chairman Gerardo DíazFerrán of Employer’s Organizations) CEOE (SpanishConfederation Committee Member oftheExecutive Antonio Escámez Banco Santander General Manager Radi Hamudeh Exterior Banco Marroquí deComercio Executive Chairman Juan CarlosMontañola Aresbank General Manager Isturiz José FranciscoMateu Altadis Chairman Jorge Mercader Miró Agbar Chairman José ManuelEntrecanales Domecq Acciona Chairman Felipe BenjumeaLlorente A bengoa Chairman Juan MiguelVillar Mir Villar MirGroup Chairman Ignacio Polanco Prisa Group Chairman José JolyMartínezdeSalazar Joly Group Chairman Javier GodóMuntañola Gr Chief ExecutiveOfficer Sanchís Luis Hernández Gr Chairman Salvador GabarróSerra Gas Natural Deputy Chairman Antonio Gar ACS Foundation Chairman Francisco J.delaRiva Fertiberia Chairman Pedr Municipalities andProvinces) FEMP (SpanishFederationof General Director Teresa SáezCarrascosa of Andalusia) Extenda (Trade Promotion Agency Chairman. ChiefExecutiveOfficer AzaolaArteche Fernando Elecnor Chief ExecutiveOfficer Mohammed Sharaf Dubai PortWorld Chairman Javier GómezNavarro Commerce H igh Board ofChambers oup Godó espania o Castr cía Ferrer o Vázquez Y

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28 Casa Árabe 2008 29 Casa Árabe 2008 30 30 Round table: “From the Bekaa to Maipú, Arab footprints in Latin American literature.” Casa Árabe’s stall in the book fair at Seville Bekaa toMaipú: ArabfootprintsinLatin Árabe organised theround table“From the its maintheme. To mark theoccasion,Casa Madrid’ matters. which specialisesinArabauthors andArabic paved thewayforCasaÁrabe’ debates andround tables.Theseactivities wide rangeofr The institutionhaditsownstallsthatoffered a books byArabicwritersoronsubjects. Madrid andSevilletoraisethepr Casa Árabeparticipatedinthebookfairsof APPEARANCE AT BOOKFAIRS ARAB THEMESANDWRITERSMAKETHEIR s 2008bookfairhadLatinAmerica as ecent titles,anditorganised s bookshop, ofile of the appearanceinsuchinter with theaimofencouraging andsupporting ferent SpanishandLatinAmericancities, various literaryfestivalstaking placeindif- Casa Árabecontinuedtocollaborate with of theIber Mikel HakimSimón,secretary forcooperation Chilean professor MaríaOlgaSamaméand writers EdithChahinandSer American literature.” Participantsincludedthe Colombia, inJanuary 2008,withthepartici- ded theHayFestival CartagenadeIndias, vals ofimportant Arabauthors.Theyinclu- o-American GeneralSecretariat. gio Macías,the national festi - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS THE APPEARANCEOFARABAUTHORSIN CASA ÁRABEPROMOTESANDSUPPOR libraries andbookshops. the Arabworld”,whichwasdistributedin entitled “Simsim.Children’s bookstointroduce A reading guideforchildren wasalsopublished, accessible inelectronic format. tronomy. Publishedinbookform,itisalso works onhistory subjects. Theguidelistsreferences torecent moting booksbyArabauthorsandabout and published,asanadditionalmeansofpro- to introduce theArabworld”wascompiled A Reader’ poetess WidadBenmusa(Morocco). Festival Segovia(September2008)withthe historian HamidTriki (Morocco); andtheHay (Lebanon), NajatElHachmi(Spain)andthe ( (Palestine), RadwaAshurandAhdafSoueif Raja Alem(SaudiArabia),MuridBarguti 2008), withtheparticipationofwriters the HayFestivalAlhambra-Granada(May M which IbrahimNasrallah(Palestine)and Festival ofpoetry(Cordoba, April2008)in Abdallah Taia (Morocco); theCosmopoética M (Lebanon); theIDEMFestival(Cordoba, Hussein (Egypt)andHudaBarakat pation ofthenovelistsYasser Abdel-Latif Egypt), EliasKhouryandHudaBarakat ohammed Bennis(Morocco) participated; arch 2008)withtheparticipationof s Guide“Athousandandonebooks , politics,literatur TS C asa Árabe’s Bookstand,booksandwords e andgas - Casa Árabe 2008 Covers of reading guides “A thousand and one books to introduce the Arab world”, and “Simsim. Children’s 31 books to introduce the Arab world.” Viewpoints 8 0 0 2 e b A PROGRAMME OF CINEMA TO APPROACH a r Á a s a C 3232.Viewpoints THE ARAB WORLD

The Viewpoints (Nadarat) film programme son, Casa Árabe continued to emphasise the consolidated itself throughout 2008 with Casa growing importance of the documentary Árabe’s definitive move to its Madrid head- genre among contemporary Arab filmmakers. quarters. Its film theatre, equipped to project It also provided a direct window on to the films of various formats, further boosted pro- social, political and cultural conditions of gramming of the Arab cinema seasons laun- those countries. ched the previous year. Casa Árabe builds its Viewpoints programme around seasons focu- The second season of the year was Urban sed on specific themes, authors or countries. cartographies: the city in contemporary This makes it possible not only to show films Arabic cinema, for which the university pro- unavailable in commercial cinemas, but also fessor and specialist in cinema of the South to produce accompanying information mate- Alberto Elena chose six feature films consi- rial, and organise presentations and other dered indispensable in the history of Arabic public events. film: Viva l’Aldjerie, Heremakono, Crónica de una desaparición (Chronicle of a disappea- The new film theatre was inaugurated with the rence), El caos (Chaos), Falafel and season Panorama of contemporary Arab WWW.What a wonderful world. These films documentary cinema II: Identity and re-exa- gave viewers an insight into daily life in cities mining history, which also launched Casa like Algiers, Beirut, Casablanca, Cairo, Árabe as the official headquarters of the Jerusalem, Nazareth and Nouadibu, and Documenta Madrid Festival 08. The season revealed Arab filmmakers’ fresh approaches was curated by the Egyptian producer Basel to their own cities and the complex social Ramsis. With the nine films shown in this sea- processes of urbanisation.

32 Casa Árabe 2008 33 Viewpoints 8

0 Casa Árabe prepared a film season Tales throughout the year to complement the film 0 2 from Iraq in October 2008, to accompany seasons. Thus, we could learn more about e b a

r the exhibition Baghdad: City of mirage. Arab cinematography at the hands of direc- Á

a The films included works of varying formats tors like Marwan Hamed, Namir Abdel s a - shorts, medium-length and full features – Messeeh, Nader Helal, Jocelyne Saab and C 34 and genres, including the first fiction films Kais al Zubaidi in 2008; and we heard from produced since the US-led invasion of 2003. experts and film historians like Alberto Elena, Films about the last Iraq war abound, but all Inmaculada Gordillo, Moisés Salama, the titles included in this show were produ- Fernando González and Basel Ramsis. ced in Iraq by Iraqi directors, a unifying a n

theme that gave the programme a totally e Ongoing collaboration with cultural and edu- B Iraqi perspective. cational bodies, and film festivals across d i

m Spain that concentrate on so-called “margi- a

Casa Árabe screened two full-length docu- H nal cinemas” was equally important.

mentaries as part of the Madrid Jazz o t c

Festival’s “Film and Music” section: Zad e Examples include the Southern Cinema r i

Moultaka, by the Moroccan director Leila d Festival (Granada), The Film in Motion sec-

Kilani, and Conocerse es el principio (Know h tion of the San Sebastian Festival, Festival t

yourself first) about the experience of the y Amal 08: The International Festival of Euro- b

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, created by a Arab Cinema (Santiago de Compostela), the m

the Palestinian intellectual Edward Said and h Malaga Film Festival, the Tarifa Festival of c

the musician and orchestra conductor Daniel e African Cinema, the Al-Quds Association of W Barenboim, to stimulate dialogue between Malaga, the XI Women’s International Film m l i

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Two further seasons were included in the pro- Finally, the annual film programme concluded gramme of Casa Árabe’s film theatre during with the season in Homage to Youssef 2008. The season First steps for Maghreb Chahine, one of the world’s best known Arab cinema, devised in collaboration with the filmmakers, whose death occurred in the Festival of African Cinema of Tarifa, presen- summer of 2008. The homage to this ted works representing what is known as Egyptian director was carried out in collabo- “new Arab cinema”, which has arisen hand in ration with the Granada Festival of Southern hand with various countries’ processes of Cinema. independence, and their demands for national identity. Most of these seasons were also shown in the cities of Cordoba and Granada, thanks to the close collaboration established between Casa Árabe’s Cordoba headquarters and the Filmoteca of Andalusia.

Collaboration continued with the Spanish CASA ÁRABE Filmoteca in 2008, in the form of “Casa Árabe presents”, with the projection of recent films

such as the Lebanese Dunia, by Jocelyne e n i

Saab, and the Algerian Bled Number One, by h SUPPORTS ARABIC a Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche. Casa Árabe colla- h C

borated in the pre-screening and distribution e s

of titles such as Rif 1921, una historia olvida- s

CINEMA IN u da (Rif 1921, a forgotten story), by Manuel o Y

Horrillo, and El edificio Yacobián (The o t

Yacoubian building), by Marwan Hamed. The c INTERNATIONAL e r i

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took place with experts and filmmakers T 34 Casa Árabe 2008 35 Voices 8 0 0 2 e b CASA ÁRABE’S VOICES (ASWAT) IS THE SEAL a r Á a s a C 3636.Voices THAT IDENTIFIES ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PROGRAMMING OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS

The year began with Yemen today, an Akwa’a and the Munshidin revealed to the event that included a round table and the public of Madrid the beauty of Yemen’s screening in the Princesa cinemas of the traditional songs. Performances were pre- first fiction feature produced in Yemen, A ceded by a poetry reading by the poet new day in old Sanaa, by Badr Ben Hirsi. It Ahmad al-Awadi of his work Seasons for included a musical programme with a con- Saba’s sadnesses, and the projection of cert organised in the Amaya Theatre. The slides of the illustrations of the book by the lutenist Ahmed Fathi and the choir of Ali al artist Amna al-Nasiri. t r e c n o c

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36 Casa Árabe 2008 37 Casa Árabe 2008 38 NAKBA ANNIVERSARY OF THEPALESTINE TO COMMEMORATE THE60TH 38 AR CONCERT INMADRID’SFINE

The Palestinian singer Rim Banna TS THEA , RIMBANNAGA tionally recognised asoneofthemost A concertbyRimBanna,asingerinterna- and the ments suchasthemandola,bendir combined traditionalmusic,usinginstru- the UniversityofCordoba. Hisprogramme Abderrahmane AbdelliinJanuary2008at Algerian composerandperformer Casa Árabeorganised aconcertby the TRE darbuka , withelementsofjazz. VE A headquarters nearby. finish withalittle concertinthegar cession marched round thelakeof theparkto Abdenbi ElGadariandthe gnawagroup nised onthisoccasionby themaestro Retir Bambara took placeinthe June. Aspartofthemunicipal programme City Hallhasorganised inrecent years,on21 tions ofEur Casa Árabejoinedoncemore inthecelebra- Palestine morate the60thanniversaryof the FineArtsTheatre inMadrid,tocomme- scene inPalestine,tookplaceMayat charismatic voicesonthecurrent musical mirrors ofmysoul songs from herbestknownalbums intensely withtheaudience. in breaking thelanguagebarriertoconnect W t herastonishingvoice,shesucceeded ith o park,alivelymusicalmar . Startingatthebandstand, pr Nakba opean MusicDaywhichMadrid Templete . RimBannaperformed and Seasons ofviolet. (bandstand) inthe ch wasor den ofour The ga o - - of styles. of T music ofJajoukamastersfrom thehillssouth Spain andAfrica”.EnriqueMorente andthe with theconcert“Soundofwater:music activities organised intheExpoofSaragossa, Casa Árabejoinedinthenumerous cultural angiers achievedaflamenco-Arabfusion OF EUROPEANMUSICDAY JOINED INTHECELEBRATIONS CASA ÁRABEONCEAGAIN Casa Árabe 2008 V The Algerian composer and performer Abderrahmane Abdelli Street musicians directed by Abdenbi El Gadari and the gnawa oices 39 group Bambara Voices 8

0 The Cordoba Guitar Festival, which is held Finally, Casa Árabe collaborated with the 0 2 every July, included once again a concert Cervantes Institute to mount a performance e b ARAB MUSIC IN a

r given by Casa Árabe. This year it featured the of the theatre piece El lugar y la palabra: con- Á

a Moroccan Majid Bekkas, master of fusion versación interferida (The place and the s a between traditional gnawa rhythms and Arab word: interrupted conversation), the result of C THE CORDOBA 40 musical influences, jazz and the deepest research carried out in Beirut by the choreo- blues. The concert also formed part of the grapher Fernando Renjifo. The show ran for EsCultural 08 programme in the Andalusian GUITAR FESTIVAL three days in the Sala Off-Limits and inclu- village of Puente Genil. ded the participation of the actors Ziad Chakaroun and Alberto Núñez. The institution promoted the Hispano-Egyptian fusion show “Desordances 3”

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Moroccan new wave at a concert in Jerez de a

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Khalil, who presented his latest work of fusion n a g

with fado and traditional Portuguese music to r o

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40 Casa Árabe 2008 41 Casa Árabe 2008 42 42 42.Exhibitions the journalist Enrique Vázquez.Afteritwas the journalist Montávez, the historianAntoniSeguraand Aguirr wer of Spain’s national newsagencyEFE.They document 150photographsfrom thearchives worked togetherforfourmonths toselectand members ofCasaÁrabe’s AdvisoryBoard headquarters ofCasaÁrabeon7July The sameshowinauguratedtheMadrid Árabe toArabstatesasawhole. The exhibition’ the mostimportantmomentsintheirhistory. the closenessofHispano-Arabr The exhibitionshowedthrough photographs and Queenduringtheirofficial visittoEgypt. was inauguratedbyTheirMajestiestheKing ters oftheLeagueArabStatesinCairo, and in February2008.Itwasheldtheheadquar- century ofpoliticalrelations,” wasorganised called “SpainandtheArabworld.Imagesofa The firstexhibitionorganised byCasaÁrabe, CAIRO ON HEADQUARTERS OFTHELEAGUEARABSTATES IN CASA ÁRABEORGANISEDITSFIRSTEXHIBITIONINTHE CENTURY OF POLITICAL RELATIONS POLITICAL OF CENTURY e theambassadorPedro López ebengoa, the arabist Pedr s aimwastointr SPAIN AND THE ARAB WORLD. IMAGES OF A OF IMAGES WORLD. ARAB THE AND SPAIN oduce Casa elations and o Martínez . Four to theAndalusianr presented inMadrid,theexhibitiontravelled throughout themonthofOctober. quarters inSeville,where itwasonshow egional parliamenthead - Casa Árabe 2008 E xhibitions Exhibition Spain and the Arab world. Images of a His Majesty the King and the Secretary General of the League of Arab century of political relations in Casa Árabe’s States, Amr Musa, view a photograph in the exhibition Spain and the 43 headquarters in Madrid Arab world. Images of a century of political relations Exhibitions 8

0 The second exhibition organised in Casa Faisal II (the 1950s) and Saddam Hussein n 0 2 o i

Árabe’s Madrid headquarters was City of (the 1980s). Various models made espe- t e i o b c b i a c

r mirage. Baghdad from Wright to Venturi cially for the exhibition by Spanish and Iraqi h Á o x

a mounted in collaboration with the College architecture students were shown, together e o s a e of Architects of Catalonia, where it was first with pictures of plans, perspectives, sket- M

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Doña Cristina was patroness of the exhibi- inaugural conference accompanied the r

i y a tion. The architect Pedro Azara, curator of exhibition, led by the Iraqi architect Ghada r h a r c o

the exhibition, spent two years of rigorous Al Siliq, whose advice was indispensable E

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Casa Árabe highlighted panoramic or joint e h t

shows of Arab artists to introduce the diver- r o f sity of contemporary Arab viewpoints, sub- y l i e r jects and artistic creativity to the Spanish v u i t s n public, and to show the most avant-garde u e l c V

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m inaugurated in November. This artists’

f s o collective represents the current panorama è

n y t u i of art in Morocco, and comprises the o c

d Moroccans Amina Benbouchta, Safâa y a b d Erruas, Jamila Lamrani, Hassan Echair and , h s g

Younès Rahmoun, the Franco-Gabonese e i a r B Myriam Mihindou and the Iraqi Imad e S n

o i Mansour. The collective includes a wide a t r i h b

i range of art forms: video, installation, pain- d h a

x ting, etc. Under the Collectif 212 umbrella, B e

e members work jointly in their effort to make h h t t

their work known abroad, and to break the n i o

c international vision of a monolithic stereotype e s c l c i o e a i of Arab artistic creativity, widely held in r t p o e western societies. D M A

44 Casa Árabe 2008 45 Exhibitions 8

0 Casa Árabe organised the photographic exhi- Independent Creators, which included a show that The Legado Andalusí Foundation presen- 0 Casa Árabe and the 2 bition Palestine before 1948 in Santiago de of Moroccan video art. Contributors to the ted in the Palace of Emir Taz in Cairo in e

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r Compostela in collaboration with the conference included the artist Ahmed Jaride, February 2008. Similarly, Casa Árabe took Á

a Araguaney Foundation in October 2008. The director of “Zon’Art” magazine, Abdelmajid part in the XXX Pontevedra Biennial in July Casa Árabe joined with several institutions, as s a Lebanese artist and director of Beirut’s Arab Jihad, director of the Irisson centre and presi- 2008 entitled Without Frontiers: Hispano- in the year before, to help make this event in C 46 Foundation of the Image (FAI), Akram Zaatari, dent of the International Festival of Visual Arts Maghrebi artistic convergences. Madrid on 13 September an open and popular curated the show, whose 91 photographs and New Media, and Seddati Majid, director cultural rendezvous for Madrileños. The event were selected from the FAI’s archives. of Festival of Visual Arts and New Media. Some exhibitions mounted during 2007 could coincided with the closing ceremony of the still be seen in various Spanish cities throug- exhibition Spain and the Arab world. Images of Casa Árabe’s headquarters hosted the clo- Casa Árabe collaborated with other institu- hout 2008. They included the photographic a century of political relations, when the façade sing conference of Madrid Temptation, the tions, and gave its support to the exhibition show Voices of Iraq, in the University of and tower of Casa Árabe’s new headquarters International Salon of Collectives of Ibn Jaldún, between al-Andalus and Egypt Cordoba and the Museum of Jaén, and the was spectacularly lit up on this special night, exhibition Play of representations. The revealing the institution to many people who Egyptian experience, by the Syrian photogra- were till then unaware of its contribution to the pher Osama Esid, in the Maestra Room of city’s cultural panorama. A total of 4,500 peo- Jaén, in the School of Arabic Studies of ple visited the building, which threw open its Granada, and in the Andalusian town of Tarifa. doors that night to the general public. t h g i N

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0 Following the success of the first Festival of 0 2 Ramadan Nights organised in 2007, Casa e b a

r Árabe organised a similar festival in Madrid’s Á

a Lavapiés neighbourhood in 2008. In the same s a spirit as the previous year, various activities C 48.Festival of Ramadan Nights 48 expressed the social and cultural aspects of this Muslim celebration, whilst emphasising the diversity of Muslim communities that live in Madrid, which include Arabs, Senegalese and Bangladeshis.

The festival’s programme, from 24 to 28 September, included the Dishes of Ramadan event, which consisted of a conference given by Salah Yamal and Rafael Ortega, folllowed by a tasting of dishes typical of this festive period in four geographical areas of the Muslim world: the Maghreb, the Arab east, Senegal and Bangladesh. s e h s i d

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r Oumar Pène, the Algerian Chaba Á

a Zahouania, the Mauritanian Noura and the s a Moroccans H-Kayne. Film enthusiasts enjo- C 50 yed the restored version of the Moroccan film Transes, by Ahmed Al Maanouni (1981), which was shown in the Spanish Filmoteca. For the younger audience, there were foot- ball tournaments, calligraphy workshops, storytelling from around the world, puppets and a hiphop workshop run by the Moroccan DJ Key, member of H-Kayne group. All these activities for children and young people were organised in collabora-

tion with various neighbourhood associa- s a p i o tions and bodies in Lavapiés. n a h s u k o r h o

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50 Casa Árabe 2008 51 Casa Árabe 2008 52 52 programmes 52.Educational andacademic s rent kindsofrelations amongindividualsand ples, andformabasisforestablishingdiffe- perceptions aboutthesecountriesandpeo- a aims: tohelpimprove Spaniards’ knowledge activities inaccordance withtheinstitution’s Casa Árabelaunchedaseriesofeducational region andinAndalusia. cial coursesinseveralschoolstheMadrid The activitieswere organised aspartofspe- Mediterranean dances,animationanddrawing. Árabe, includingstorytelling,calligraphy, throughout 2008intheheadquarters ofCasa Various activitiesforchildren were organised thr various youthandculturalassociations for Youth Education,publiclibrariesand Support Centres, SchoolsforVolunteers and adult educators,through theTeachers nal system,amongteachers,professors and t Joint activitieswere launchedwithrepresen- aims. ced activitiesinvariousfieldstofurtherthese atives oftheformaland-noneducatio- ocieties. CasaÁrabehasgraduallyintrodu- bout theirArabneighbours,contributeto oughout Spain. INDIVIDUALS ANDSOCIETIES OF RELA ESTABLISHING NEWKINDS NEIGHBOURS BY ABOUT THEIRARAB SPANIARDS’ KNOWLEDGE WE HELPINCREASE TIONS AMONG E ducational andacademicprogrammes Casa Árabe 2008

Calligraphy course in Casa Árabe 53 Educational and academic programmes 8

0 A reading event was organised in which five Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures, 0 2 authors read texts in Castillian, Euskera and participated in the regional project “A sea e b a

r (Basque), Gallego (Galician), Catalan and of words”, a story competition for young wri- Á

a Arabic, in December 2008. The event formed ters in Europe and on the southern and eas- s s e a part of the Trovalenguas project, which promo- tern shores of the Mediterranean. C w

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Various activities directed at the general public, adults from associations, schools, cultural e h t

including conferences and workshops, were centres and adult education centres visited , b

carried out in Casa Árabe’s Madrid headquar- the institution, keen to learn more about its e r h

ters. They aimed to help people familiarise activities. Pupils of the IES La Isla (Burgos), g a

themselves with the broad diversity of condi- CEIP Cañada Real of Collado Villalba (Madrid), M

tions experienced in Arab countries, ranging CP Manuel Bartolomé Cossio (Madrid), IES n o i t from their history and current political and social Las Lagunas (Rivas Vaciamadrid, Madrid) and i b i

situation to their artistic expressions. The intro- students on the University at Barcelona´s h x

ductory workshops in Arab calligraphy were Postgraduate Programme of Cultural E among the most popular activities offered. Management visited Casa Árabe in 2008.

The educational exhibition Maghreb, the Arab Cooperation agreements were signed with Casa Árabe has a programme of grants which, west, comprising 60 photographs supported universities and higher education institutions, subject to agreement with the relevant universi- by explanatory texts, travelled to many cultu- which enabled them to participate in or set up ties, enables students to engage in postgradua- ral and educational centres in towns across various educational activities. These included te practical experience in various departments Andalusia. the Master in Diplomacy and International of the institution. Participating universities include Relations (with the Diplomatic School), and the Autonomous University of Madrid, Carlos III Casa Árabe collaborated in the programme the Master in Contemporary Arab and Islamic University of Madrid, and the Complutense Museum Without Frontiers. Discover Islamic Studies at the Autonomous University of University of Madrid. CASA ÁRABE ENDOWS art in the Mediterranean, for which virtual tea- Madrid. Other joint academic activities inclu- ching material was developed by secondary ded a course on Poverty, unemployment and Casa Árabe and the Spanish Society of Arab school teachers. The project was presented in emigration in Mediterranean Arab countries Studies (SEEA) signed a collaboration agree- A SEEA (SPANISH SOCIETY Casa Árabe, and various workshops for tea- established with UNED; a course on ment through which Casa Árabe endows, chers were organised jointly with the National Architecture and urban space at the from 2008, an annual SEEA prize for new Archaeological Museum. University of Cordoba with the participation of Arabist researchers. SEEA’s managing board FOR ARAB STUDIES) PRIZE the Iraqi architect Suad Ali Mehdi, and on requested in its 2008 annual assembly that its Casa Árabe is a member of the Spanish net- History and archaeology of Al-Andalus at the 2009 annual meeting be held in Casa Árabe’s work of the Anna Lindh Euromediterranean Madinat al-Zahra Centre in Cordoba. headquarters in Madrid. FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS e h t

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54 Casa Árabe 2008 55 Arabic Language Centre 8 0 0 2 e b LEARNING THE LANGUAGE IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE a r Á a s a C 5656.Arabic Language Centre WAYS OF GETTING CLOSE TO THE ARAB WORLD

The level of knowledge of the Arabic language is inadequate in Spain, despite it being the only European country that borders an Arab country. Casa Árabe proposes to contribute to the teaching of Modern Standard Arabic, and its various dialects, so that it becomes just another foreign language to be studied.

The Language Centre began its activity in the headquarters in Madrid in 2008. Semi-intensive and intensive summer courses began in May: regular courses of Modern Standard Arabic, and the Moroccan Arabic dialect started in October, in morning, evening and weekend sessions. The Centre has five classrooms and a teachers’ room with teaching aids and reference works. Classes are taught by a group of 10 Arab teachers. More than 300 students took Arabic language courses in 2008.

The first steps were taken to teach Arabic to professionals with specific needs, such as social workers, diplomats and volunteers. Casa Árabe also supported teaching efforts in Arabic for primary school teachers. s s a l c

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56 Casa Árabe 2008 57 Sociopolitical Forum 8

0 The Sociopolitical Forum is a resource that began in 2007 with three interviews: with the 0 2 Casa Árabe provides to help understand Lebanese thinker, Shia politician and religious e b a

r the social and political dynamics of today’s scholar al-Sayyed Muhammad Hassan al- Á

a Arab and Islamic world. It has two essential Amin, the Moroccan politician and religious s a tools designed to deepen knowledge about writer Saad al-Din al-Uthmani, and with the C 58.Sociopolitical Forum 58 the diverse conditions in Arab societies: the Egyptian thinker Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd. In analytical magazine Atalaya Sociopolítica 2008 we added the historian Maher al-Sharif, de Casa Árabe (Casa Árabe´s Sociopolitical and the anthropologist of British nationality Watchtower), and the Records of Memory and Saudi origin Talal Asad. This second project. interview had a special format, since it was conducted by his disciple Charles Hirschkind, Atalaya Sociopolítica de Casa Árabe is an professor of Anthropology at the University of electronic bimonthly magazine in PDF and Berkeley (US). HTML format. It analyses the socio-political dynamics of the Arab and Islamic world, and Casa Árabe’s Sociopolitical Forum organised international relations; tracks public opinion in various conferences and debates, including Arab and Islamic countries by studying sur- Women, feminist movements and feminisms in veys; and presents profiles of prominent poli- Iran by Shahla Sherkat; Maghrebi uncertainties tical personalities related to the subjects by Khadija Mohsen-Finan; Islam and the analysed. It thus puts extensive documenta- media in the United States by Firas Ahmad; tion at the disposal of the reader, making it The current situation and political future of Iraq possible to investigate current socio-political by Patrick Cockburn; The evolution of the con- processes in more detail. Each Atalaya concept of Jihad in Islamic thought by Maher al- tains a section devoted to presenting new Sharif; and Suicide Terrorism by Talal Asad. publications related to the socio-politics of the Arab and Islamic world.

The first number of the magazine was edited by the research team of Casa Árabe’s International Institute of Arab and Muslim s

World Studies, and appeared in May 2008. d r o

Three numbers were published this year, the c e

first of which received more than 4,000 visi- R

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tors, analysed ideological revisions of radical g n

Egyptian Islamism, the democratic process in i d Kuwait, the discourse of Morocco’s Party of r o c

Justice and Development, and the dialogue e r

between Libyan authorities and the Islamist e h t

opposition, among other questions. They g n presented profiles of personalities including i r u

the first president-elect of Mauritania, Sidi d

, y r Muhammad Ould Sheikh Abdallahi, the ideo- d a o s

logue of al-Jihad and of al-Qaida, Sayyed m A e

Imam Abdelqader Abdelaziz al-Sharif, the a M l

f a o reformist Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al- T Ahmad al-Yaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah, and the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al- s d

Bashir. r o c e R

The Records of Memory project arose from r o f

the need to rescue individual experiences of w

great Arab personalities who are closely invol- e i v

ved with the future of their country. The reco- r e t

llections of people who have an extensive life n i

experience and a long career can reconstruct i h

not only their individual journeys but the con- g n i

temporary history of Arab and Islamic coun- r u d

tries. It is an exercise in oral history in which f i invited guests reflect on their past, their child- r a h y

hood and education, and on their contribution S r - l o

to the history of their country, and it provides a

m r e a useful record for the general public, both e h M a

specialist and non-specialist. The project f o M

58 Casa Árabe 2008 59 Socioeconomic and Business Programme 8

0 Casa Árabe’s Socioeconomic and Business 0 2 Programme has a dual mission: to encourage e b a

r and accompany economic and business rela-

Á 60.Socioeconomic and

a tions between Spain and Arab countries on all s a their dimensions – trade, investment and coo- C Business Programme 60 peration – and analyse the multiple aspects and dynamics that make up the socioeconomic situation in Arab countries, their evolution and prospects. It aims to contribute to a bet- ter knowledge of our respective societies, institutions and economies, help and promote cooperation and development, and enrich public debate about the countries’ economic social and political future.

The programme’s dual mission is reflected in its two principal points of action: the Socioeconomic Observatory of the Arab world, and the Business Forum.

The Business Forum seeks to be a meeting point for the different players who converge in Hispano-Arab economic relations, through its activities and meetings of various kinds organised in collaboration with both Arab and Spanish institutions and organisations. It aims to help Arab institutions in Spain learn more about Spanish conditions, and support the promotion of markets and sectors of mutual interest. The Forum provides information about business opportunities and commercial matters, and crucial financial and juridical advice for developing these relations. It provides information and contacts for both Arabs and Spaniards.

The Socioeconomic Observatory of the Arab world is devoted to tracking and analysing socioeconomic conditions in Arab countries in their multiple dimensions. It pays special attention to the economic benefits of petroleum, the evolution and development of Arab capital, sovereign wealth funds and Islamic financing, and how they may be har- nessed to promote economic development, diversification and inter-Arab cooperation. THE BUSINESS FORUM IS A The Observatory’s lines of research include the analysis of sectorial policies relating to energy, industry and agriculture; and trade, MEETING POINT FOR VARIOUS labour and education polices. It monitors matters relating to the socioeconomic and human development of these countries, PLAYERS ENGAGED IN such as employment, the young, and inter- nal and external migrations. It also examines HISPANO-ARAB ECONOMIC aspects crucial for the future of this development, such as the economic effects of conflicts, natural resources, water and the RELATIONS environment.

The Observatory organises and coordinates publications and meetings, including seminars and courses with specialists, and Spanish and Arab research centres.

60 Casa Árabe 2008 61 Socioeconomic and Business Programme 8

0 These two lines of activity come together in Arab countries took place in May as part of 0 2 the periodic publication of Boletín de the activity of the Socioeconomic e b a

r Economía y Negocios de Casa Árabe (Casa Observatory in collaboration with UNED. Á

a Árabe’s Economic and Business Bulletin). The Courses for diplomats were organised s a Bulletin has been published in Arabic since jointly with the Diplomatic School and the C 62 the autumn of 2008, consolidating itself as a Centre of Economic and Commercial unique publication of its kind. Studies (CECO), and courses for master’s and postgraduate degrees with the The Boletín de Economía y Negocios de Casa International University of Andalusia, the CASA ÁRABE’S ECONOMIC Árabe is a bimonthly publication of current Three Cultures Foundation, the Autonomous affairs and analysis on economic and business University of Madrid and the Business relations between Spain and Arab countries, Institute (Instituto de Empresa). AND BUSINESS BULLETIN HAS and about the evolution of Arab economies and their socioeconomic situation. It includes The Socioeconomic Observatory concluded news about business and investment, analysis a series of conferences on Economic and CASA ÁRABE ANALYSES THE BEEN PUBLISHED IN ARABIC of commercial relations and information about ecological effects of conflicts in the Arab the principal activities of economic cooperation world, organised jointly with Casa Árabe’s between Spain and the Arab world. It aims to Tribune between November 2007 and ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL SINCE AUTUMN 2008 favour improved mutual knowledge and encou- February 2008. The six themed sessions rage commercial exchanges with the region, were repeated in Madrid, Barcelona, Santa CONSEQUENCES OF CONFLICTS which have notably increased in volume in Cruz de Tenerife and Gijón. Seven specia- recent years. lists in economics and the environment in the Arab world participated in a total of 13 IN THE ARAB WORLD A thousand paper copies are published, and the conferences, and analysed how conflicts Bulletin is also distributed by email via a special influence the region’s capacity for develop- sending mechanism, so that it reaches more than ment. n i

4,000 contacts who have previously signed up. s t

The Observatory participated in various wor- c i l f e n Various meetings with entrepreneurs were orga- king and research groups of a similar nature, h t o

c nised jointly with chambers of commerce in such as those developed by the Royal Elcano n

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Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia throughout Institute on Mediterranean and energy matters. c s n t e

2008. They aimed to present a book about rela- c r e e f f tions with third parties – triangulation - publis- f e n

l hed by Casa Árabe: Spanish enterprise in Arab Monographs and studies o a c

c i countries. Conferences were presented on a

on the economics of the g s o l Business opportunities in Jordan. A round table e o Arab World s s c e was organised on Intellectual property as part e

r d of the Hispano-Moroccan Forum of Jurists, d n Various studies were carried out and published d a a

attended by law firms and representatives of c in 2008. The first, on business opportunities in d i i l

authors rights in both countries. Those present d l m a

the Arab World, called Spanish enterprise in r h o o n

included Abdellah Ouadrhiri, Director General K

Arab countries: experiences in investment and o .

of the Moroccan Office of Authors Rights, and b M E

triangulation by Jacinto Soler Matutes, inclu- a

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Francisco Aguilera, International Relations i l A

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Director of the General Society of Authors and h e

different Arab countries and sectors. The h s t K Publishers (SGAE). This cooperation was sus- second, Economic and ecological effects of tained by the development of a working group conflicts in the Arab world included not only on intellectual property for future meetings of ample reference material but also the trans- the Hispano-Moroccan Forum of Jurists. cript of the lectures delivered by Arab experts who took part in conferences on the same Casa Árabe, represented by the Business subject organised by Casa Árabe between Forum, attended various trade fairs and con- November 2007 and February 2008. Three e c

ferences on sectors and markets relating to new Notas del Foro Socioeconómico (Notes n e the Arab world, including Exporta, Fitur and r e

of the Socioeconomic Forum) were published f

the World Petroleum Congress. n to accompany the book: Water and conflict in o c

the Arab world (04/2008), Iraq: conditions of a

life in a war economy (05/2008), and The envi- e s

Education and debate on ronment, victim of conflicts: the cases of Iraq s e r

socioeconomic subjects and Lebanon (06/2008). Casa Árabe’s d d a

Working Paper N°4 Employment, poverty and b

Various courses were mounted in collabora- migration: the case of Morocco, by Professor e y

tion with academic and international institu- A Mohammed Khachani of the Mohamed V b tions. A three-day course on Poverty, i

University of Rabat, was published in b employment and migration in Mediterranean a December. H

62 Casa Árabe 2008 63 Arabia Americana 8

0 The Arab influence is a distinctive component organised activities and joint work with the 0 2 in the formation of Latin American identities, a IberoAmerican General Secretariat (SEGIB) e b a

r product of migration since the late 19th cen- and with cultural centres in Spain of the Á

a tury. It has given rise to various social practices AECID, as part of its activity for 2008. s a and unique cultural expressions, and in C 64.Arabia Americana 64 some countries created networks that push The conferences From the Bekaa to Maipú: for a closer relationship between Latin Arab influence in Latin American literature, American and Arab states. Studies of the and Hybrid identities in Latin American litera- phenomenon are fragmentary and disperse, ture were organised jointly with Casa de making it difficult to evaluate their implica- América and SEGIB during Madrid’s Book tions and potential. Casa Árabe proposes to Fair act as a facilitator in the work of recovering and reflecting on this process. The film season Cinema, politics and society in the Arab world took place in Santiago de Casa Árabe’s work in Spain has, moreover, Chile and Lima (Peru), jointly organised with become a reference point for people in Latin the University of Chile, the National Cineteca America anxious to keep up to date with con- of Chile and the Spanish Cultural Centres in ditions in the Arab world today, and the com- both cities, in September 2008. Three round mon language enables our activities to travel tables on the themes of Identity, Refugees freely to Spanish-speaking America. Hence, and Women were attended by the Arab film- Casa Árabe’s programmes, in the form of makers Ula Tabari, Maher Abi Samra and publications, film seasons and forums for Khadija Al Salami, and a number of Chilean debate, are easily exportable across the and Peruvian panellists. The Egyptian produ- Atlantic, giving our institution’s activities a cer Basel Ramsis gave a workshop in Chile on deeper Latin American dimension. Arab Documentary Cinema.

There is great interest in the Arab world to learn about the history and development of those Arabs who built a new life as Americans nearly two centuries ago. They are curious about the hybridism that occurred in Latin American societies, an “alliance of civilisations” produced in the first half of the 20th century.

The Arabia Americana programme therefore defines itself as a mediator and bridge in relations between Latin America, the Arab world and Spain, and seeks to open up areas per- mitting three-way encounters and exchanges of ideas.

The Arabia Americana programme signed agreements with Latin American institutions, ARABIA AMERICANA, A BRIDGE PROGRAMME FOR RELATIONS BETWEEN LATIN AMERICA, THE ARAB WORLD AND SPAIN 64 Casa Árabe 2008 65 Arabia Americana

8 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN RIO DE 0 0 2 e b a r

Á JANEIRO (BRAZIL) ON ARAB CONTRIBUTIONS a s a C 66 TO IBEROAMERICAN IDENTITIES

Casa Árabe organised an international confe- duced a wide-ranging and updated analysis rence on The Arab contribution to Ibero- of the Arab influence in Latin America, which American identities, in which 15 specialists will be published in 2009. from across Latin America participated in November 2008. The event was organised In Spain, Arabia Americana organised the jointly with SEGIB and supported by the Tribune Identity and cultures in Literature with Cervantes Institute in Rio de Janeiro, the the Brazilian writer Milton Hatoum, in collabo- Brazilian Foreign Affairs Ministry (Itamaraty), ration with the Hispano-Brazilian Cultural and the Library of South America - Arab coun- Foundation in Madrid, and with the Atheneum tries (BibliASPA). Members of the public in Rio (Ateneo) in Malaga. de Janeiro, academics and university students, and the diplomatic community in Brazil It signed an agreement with the Arab broad- heard contributions by specialist speakers in casting network Al Jazeera to screen a series the conference over two and a half days, of documentaries on Arabs in Latin America in which included a film season and a concert of 2009, and various cooperation agreements music by the Eblén Macari Trio of Mexico. The with the University of Chile and the Third conference, held in the Itamaraty Palace, pro- February University in Argentina. ; o r i d e n n a a

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0 Casa Árabe continued to produce various publi- 0 2 cations throughout 2008. Some were series and e b a

r others one-offs; some were published in paper Á

a form and others in digital formats, including a s a series of catalogues produced to accompany C 68.Publications 68 exhibitions organised in our headquarters. A new publishing project, Casa Árabe’s Library (Biblioteca de Casa Árabe) was launched, with publication of the aforemen- tioned book Spanish enterprise in Arab countries: experiences of investment and triangulation.

Catalogues España y el mundo árabe: un siglo de relaciones políticas en imágenes (Spain and the Arab world: Images of a century of political relations) Collectif 212. Arte contempo- ráneo en Marruecos (Collectif ??????? ??????? ??????: ??? 212. Contemporary art in ?? ???????? ???????? ??? ????? Morocco) Exhibition catalogue Exhibition catalogue Print version. 244 pp. Print version 90 pp. ISBN: 978-84-691-0518-4 ISBN: 978-84-612-9197-7

Reading guides

Simsim: libros infantiles y juve- niles para asomarse al mundo Mil y un libros para asomarse árabe (Simsim: children´s and al mundo árabe. Guía de lec- young people´s books to appro- tura 08 (A thousand and one ach the Arab World). books to approach the Arab Reading guide world. Reading guide 08) Print version and pdf. 32 pp. Print version and pdf. 128 pp.

Books

La empresa española en los países árabes: experiencias Estaciones para las tristezas de inversión y triangulación de Saba (Seasons for Saba´s (Spanish enterprise in Arab sadnesses) countries: experiences of inves- ?????? ?????? ??? tment and triangulation) Ahmad Awadi (texts), Amna al- Jacinto Soler Matutes. Biblioteca Nasiri (illustrations), José Miguel de Casa Árabe collection. Puerta Vílchez (translation). Print version and pdf. 172 pp Print version and pdf. 184 pp. ISBN: 978-84-612-8242-5

68 Casa Árabe 2008 69 Publications 8 0 0 2 e b a r Á a s a C 70 Working Papers Periodical publications

Boletín de Economía y Empleo, pobreza y migración: Negocios de Casa Árabe el caso de Marruecos (Casa Árabe´s Economic and Atalaya Sociopolítica de Casa (Employment, poverty and La evolución del concepto Business Bulletin) Numbers 5 Árabe de yihad en el pensamiento migration: the case of Morocco) (January-February), 6 (March- (Casa Árabe´s Sociopolítical islámico (The evolution of the Mohamed Khachani. concept of jihad in Islamic April), 7 (May-June), 8 (August- Watchtower) Casa Árabe Working Papers thought) September), 9 (October- Numbers 1 (May), 2 (July- series. Print version and pdf. Maher Al-Sharif. November). Print, pdf and html. August), 3 (September-October) ISSN 1888-1300 (print) and Casa Árabe Texts Series ISSN: 1888-1408 (print/pdf) and Version in html and pdf. ISSN: 1988-4052 (pdf) In pdf format 24 pp. ISSN: 1988-3943 (html) ISSN: 1989-0400

Notas del Foro Socioeconómico de Casa Árabe (Casa Árabe´s Notes of the Socioeconomic Boire et manger en Forum) Numbers 4. Agua y conflic- Méditerranée to en el mundo árabe (Water and (The evolution of the concept of (Eating and drinking in the conflict in the Arab world), 5. Iraq: jihad in Islamic thought) Mediterranean) condiciones de vida en una econo- Maher Al-Sharif. Paul Balta. mía de guerra (Iraq: conditions of Casa Árabe Texts Series Casa Árabe Texts Series life in a war economy), 6. El medio In pdf format. 18 pp. In pdf format. 18 pp. ambiente víctima de los conflictos: los casos de Iraq y Líbano (The environment, victim of conflicts: Memoria de actividades 2007 the cases of Iraq and Lebanon). (Annual Report 2007) Print version and pdf Print version and pdf. 69 pp.

Anatomía de la crisis política Creatividad, disidencia y en Palestina (Anatomy of the mujer (Creativity, Dissidence political crisis in Palestine) and Women) Ilan Halevi. Nawal El Saadawi. Alerta del Boletín de Economía Casa Árabe Texts Series Casa Árabe Texts Series y Negocios de Casa Árabe In pdf format. 16 pp. In pdf format. 12 pp. (Casa Árabe´s Economic and A L Business Bulletin Alert) N U A N R T Numbers 5 (April), 6 (July), E P O R 07 7 (October). 20 Annual Report 2007 Presencia árabe en la In html format Print version and pdf. 136 pp. literatura hispanoamericana: el caso de Chile (Arab presen- Creativity, Dissidence and ce in Hispano-American literatu- Women re: the Chilean case) Nawal El Saadawi. María Olga Samamé B. [Boletín de Economía y Casa Árabe Texts Series Casa Árabe Texts Series Negocios de Casa Árabe in In pdf format. 14 pp. In pdf format. 15 pp. Arabic] Numbers 8 (September), 9 (October). Version in html and pdf. Libertad de expresión, ISSN: 1988-3943 blasfemia y confrontación de civilizaciones (Freedom of expression, blasphemy and con- frontation of civilisations) Talal Asad. Casa Árabe Texts Series In pdf format. 22 pp.

70 Casa Árabe 2008 71 Casa Árabe´s International Institute for Arab and Muslim World Studies 8

0 The International Institute for Arab and

0 72.Casa Árabe´s International 2 Muslim World Studies (IEAM) forms part of e b THE IEAM HAS AGREEMENTS WITH a

r Casa Árabe as its research and study centre,

Á Institute for Arab and Muslim

a with various lines of work established since its s a launch in 2007. C 72World Studies UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH Based in Cordoba, the Institute comprises a multidisciplinary group of researchers specia- CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE BOTH IN lised in different lines of Casa Árabe´s work, who lead or participate in various research networks in Europe and Arab countries. SPAIN AND IN ARAB AND Cooperation is established via agreements with universities and research centres of EUROPEAN COUNTRIES excellence, both in Spain and in Arab and European countries, and through contacts with academics of recognised international prestige. Lines of Research:

The lines of research complement Casa Árabe’s •Political reforms and socioeconomic trends in other areas of work, enabling the effective Arab countries, the results of which are expres- transmission of academic knowledge in areas sed in the publications and activities of the of culture, education, the Socioeconomic Sociopolitical Forum and the Socioeconomic Observatory and the Sociopolitical Forum. Programme respectively Research projects, and their results, are expres- •Social conditions of Arab and Muslim women sed in publications, seminars, conferences and •Muslims in the west postgraduate educational programmes orga- •Islamisms in context nised either by Casa Árabe or in collaboration •Education with other institutions within and outside Spain. •Socioeconomic dynamics M A E I

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0 non of radicalisation in Islamist movements Members meet several times a year to 0 2 in Europe. exchange work experiences, and seek ways of e b PROJECT UNDERTAKEN ON FAMILY, a

r strengthening scientific cooperation between Á

a Casa Árabe introduced in Spain the countries and their academic institutions. s a International Campaign against forced marria- C DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL CHANGE 74 ges, promoted by the Platform of Islamic Casa Árabe´s IEAM collaborates in the field of organisations of Rijnmond (SPIOR), in the pre- higher education through agreements with IN ARAB COUNTRIES sence of Tareq Ramadan and Marianne other institutions. Casa Árabe´s researchers Vorthoren. participate as a result in various postgraduate and specialist courses. This educational project seeks to prevent this kind of marriages and is accompanied by a very useful publication for those working in The IEAM developed various research pro- and English in 2009. The book is the result the field of social mediation. jects from these lines of work, some of which of Casa Árabe´s collaboration with the Office will produce publications in the course of for Democratic Institutions and Human Casa Árabe´s IEAM has been working jointly 2009. Rights (ODIHR) of the Organisation for since July 2008 with the University of Utrecht, Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). the ZMO (Berlin) and the Viadrina European A preliminary stage of research into social University (Frankfurt-Oder) on a project that is conditions of Arab and Muslim women was The Islamic Movements in Europe project, 70 per cent financed by the Organisation for completed in 2008 with the elaboration of coordinated by Frank Peter and Rafael Scientific Research of the Netherlands (NWO). this research project. It is the first of a Ortega, forms part of this research, and that The project aims to create a network of resear- series of projects on this theme, product of on Islamisms in context. Casa Árabe organi- chers and academics across Europe whose Casa Árabe´s interest in taking an academic sed in May 2008 an international seminar of study of the question of Islam in Europe is approach to this important subject in the researchers in different European countries called: Muslim traditions in secular Europe. context of Arab societies, a subject that who carried out extensive fieldwork in Islamic generates intense debate on the role of and/or European countries. The project aims women in the Arab and Muslim world. This to publish a Manual on Islamic movements, first project is being carried out by a group groups, associations and institutions in of researchers in Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Europe, to make academic knowledge on Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Syria. Islamism and Islamic movements more Results of the research will be published in accessible to the general public. It will popu- s

2009 larise highly specialised knowledge, and con- e g

textualise and participate in public debate a i r r

The research project on Muslims in the west about Islam in Europe. a m

seeks to consolidate a network of resear- d

chers who currently collaborate in various Casa Árabe-IEAM organised a related e c r

research programmes, seminars and related Tribune on Itineraries of radicalisation: key o f

initiatives. This Casa Árabe initiative has a aspects of radical Islamism in Europe, to s n i

scientific-academic dimension designed to provide analysis of the question by Gema a g

help generate a more accurate perception of Martín Muñoz, Werner Schiffauer, Jonathan a

the plurality of Islam in Spain, and throughout Birt and Sol Tarrés. These researchers in the g i a

the west. An initial result of this work will be field of Islamist movements take an empiri- p

the compilation of a book, Muslims in Spain. cal approach to their subject, and their m a C

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Miguel Ángel Moratinos, received the Secretary tors, judges and MPs, a parliamentary f o

General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdel delegation of the National Federal Council n o i Rahman Hamada al Attiyah, in Casa Árabe´s of State of the United Arab Emirates led by t a g

headquarters in the presence of the Director its president; and a group of Latin e l General, Gema Martín Muñoz. A collaboration American municipal administrators who e d

agreement between the two institutions was participated in the XXX Latin American r a t

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The press and communications office posts A newsletter with all news of Casa Árabe, detailed information about all the activities Novedades de Casa Árabe is compiled organised by Casa Árabe on the website, as weekly to inform the public. It covers activities well as news about events in which it collabo- scheduled for the following week, and upda- rates with other institutions. tes texts and archives in audio and video forms. Its main services include: Casa Árabe´s website (www.casaarabe.es) •Audiovisual and text access to all conferen- received more than 110,000 hits in 2008, ces organised by the institution including 63,000 individual hits. This means •Downloading in digital form the studies and that around 200 people per day made contact reports published by Casa Árabe with Casa Árabe via its website. •Online access to Boletín de Economía y Most visitors to the website were Spanish, but Negocios de Casa Árabe and Atalaya many hits came from the Americas (mainly Sociopolítica Mexico, Argentina, United States, Venezuela, •Information about events and meetings of Colombia and Chile), from Arab countries other institutions related to the Arab and (notably Morocco, Egypt, United Arab Islamic world. Emirates and Algeria) and from other 82 Casa Árabe 2008 83 Dynamics of institutional collaboration 8

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0 Mohamed Tozy, Khadija Mohsen-Finan and Paola Gandolfi: Morocco today: memory, identity 0 2 and reforms. Madrid. e b a r Á Werner Schiffauer, Jonathan Birt, Sol Tarrés and Gema Martín Muñoz: Itineraries of radicalisa- a s a tion: keys to radical Islamism in Europe. Madrid. C 8686.List of Activities Tariq Ramadan, Marianne Vorthoren: Presentation of the European campaign Hand in hand against forced marriages. Madrid.

Abdelmajid Jihad, Seddati Majid and Víctor del Campo: Art and new technologies in Morocco: the state of the question. Madrid.

Conferences Antoni Nicolau, Eva Schubert and José Jiménez: Presentation of the virtual museum: “Discover THE TRIBUNE and round tables Islamic art in the Mediterranean”. Madrid.

Shahla Sherkat: Civil society and women’s movements in Iran. Madrid. Maher Al Charif: Evolution of the concept of jihad in Islamic thought. Madrid.

Season “Economic and ecological consequences of conflicts in the Arab world” Milton Hatoum and Bernardo Atxaga: Identity and cultures in literature. Madrid. Habib Ayeb: The geopolitics of water in the Middle East, from Sudan to Kurdistan. Madrid, Barcelona and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Jacinto Soler Matutes: Presentation of the study: Spanish enterprise in Arab countries: experien- Khalid M. Khalid: Iraq: A war economy, population displacements and conditions of life ces of investment and triangulation. Madrid. Gijón, Madrid and Barcelona. Fouad Abdelmoumni and Hugh Roberts: Costs of the conflict in Western Sahara for the development of the Maghreb. Madrid and Barcelona. Muralee Thummarukudy: Conflict and the environment in the Arab world. Madrid and Barcelona. Books THE BOOKSTAND and words Season “What present and what future for the Middle East?” Books presented: Raji Sourani: Gaza: state of law or law of the jungle? Barcelona. Alí Bey y los viajeros europeos a Oriente e (Alí Bey and European travellers in the Orient), Patricia Political and social situation in Gaza. A human rights focus. Madrid. Almarcegui. Madrid. Gaza, democracy and social and political rights.The role of the international community and solidarity movements. Malaga. El labrador de aguas (The water worker), Huda Barakat. Madrid and Barcelona.

Khadija Mohsen-Finan: Maghreb uncertainties. Madrid. Beber y comer en el Mediterráneo (Eating and drinking in the Mediterranean), Paul Balta. Madrid and Barcelona. Alexander Murinson: Turkish foreign policy in the 21st century. Neo-Ottomanism and Islamic libe- ralism. Madrid. Játim, Raja Alem. Madrid.

Abdelouahed Akmir: Alliance of civilisations: Spain and Islam. Morocco month in the School of Rojo y verde. Alimentación y cocinas en Marruecos (Red and green. Food and cooking in Morocco) Arab Studies of Granada. Isabel González Turmo, Fatima El Ouardari and Abdeslam El Aallali. Madrid and Barcelona.

Leila Chafai: The Moroccan feminist movement and social changes. Morocco month in the School El 2007 visto por los árabes. Anuario de prensa árabe (2007 seen by the Arabs. Annual Report of of Arab Studies of Granada. the Arab press), Pedro Rojo (ed.). Seville and Madrid.

Delphine Minoui: Women in Iran, the other voice of Teheran. Cordoba and Seville. Sufismo y surrealismo (Sufism and surrealism), Adonis. Madrid.

Aoua Bocar Ly-Tall: Arab-Muslim Women: globalisation and peace. Puente Genil. Hijos de las nubes (Sons of the clouds), Sophie Caratini. Madrid. Women for peace and against violence in a globalised World. Collaboration with the IV edition of the University of Jaén’s Globalisation Observatory. El juego de las golondrinas (The swallows’ game), Zeina Abirached. Madrid.

Talal Asad: Suicide terrorism. Madrid. Los chivos (The goats), Driss Chraïbi. Madrid and Barcelona.

Ghada Al Siliq: Baghdad. Images and memories. Madrid. Presentation of La colección Sgarit. Biblioteca del desierto, (Sgarit collection. Library of the desert), marking the appearance of its first two titles, reprints of Estudios Saharianos (Saharan Studies) by Firas Ahmad: Islam and the media in the United States. Madrid. Julio Caro Baroja and El imperio desierto (Desert empire) by Ramón Mayrata.

Bouthaina Shaaban: Syria and international dynamics. Madrid. Guía de las músicas del Magreb (Guide to Maghreb music), Rubén Caravaca and Yolanda Agudo (eds.) Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastián, Bilbao, Seville and Saragossa. Patrick Cockburn: Iraq: situation and political future. Madrid. Segregados y recluidos. Los palestinos y las amenazas a su seguridad (Segregated and secluded. Habib Slim: Tunisia and international relations in the Maghreb. Cordoba. Palestinians and the threat to their security). Rafael Escudero Alday (ed). Madrid.

Eva Evers Rosander: Divorce in Spain among Moroccans: aspects of gender, legal pluralism and La aventura del cálamo. Historia, formas y artistas de la caligrafía árabe (The adventure of the quill. transnationality. Madrid. History, forms and artists of Arab calligraphy). José Miguel Puerta Vílchez. Madrid.

Nouzha Skalli: Morocco and the challenges of social development. Madrid. Las mil noches y una noche (A thousand nights and one night). Mario Vargas Llosa. Madrid.

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0 Debates, dialogues: Film seasons: 0 2 e b a Creativity, dissidence and women in Arab societies. Dialogue with Nawal al-Saadawi. Madrid. Urban cartographies: the city in contemporary Arab cinema r Á Falafel. Michel Kammoum a s a A melancholy self with Abdelá Taïa. International Festival of Gay and Lesbian Cinema of Andalusia. WWW: What a Wonderful World, Faouzi Bensaidi C 88 Cordoba. Hoping for happiness, Abderrahmane Sissako Chaos? Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef Poetry reading with Widad Benmoussa. Madrid. Chronicle of a disappearance, Elia Suleiman Viva l’Aldjerie, Nadir Moknèche Reading in homage to Mahmud Darwish. Madrid. Madrid, Cordoba and Granada.

Poetry for infants in five languages. Troballengües/ Trobalinguas/ Electrobak/ Trovalenguas/Anashid Tales from Iraq gina´iyya, Miquel Desclot, Antonio García Teijeiro, Juan Kruz Igerabide and Ana María Romero Turtles also fly, Bahman Ghobadi Yebra. Madrid. Underexposure, Oday Rasheed Iraq in fragments, James Longley From the Bekaa to Maipú: Arab footprints in Latin American literature. María Olga Samamé, Edith Ahlaam, Mohamed Al Daradji Chahin and Miguel Hakim. Madrid. A candle for Café Shabandar, Emad Ali A foreigner in his own country, Hassanain al Hani Mixed identities in Latin American literature with María Olga Samamé, Jean-Arsne Yao. Madrid. The farewell, Bahram Al Zuhai In collaboration with Casa America. Life after the fall, Kasim Abid Madrid. A certain orient: the work of Milton Hatoum. Milton Hatoum and Alfredo Taján. Malaga. In collaboration with the Atheneum of Malaga. First steps of Maghreb cinema Days and days, Ahmed El Maanouni Deconstruction of East and West, and local government, Manuel Montobbio, Pierre Schori, José Warning lights of the desert, Nacer Khemir María Ridao, Gema Martín Muñoz, Fernando Vallespín and Andrés Ortega. In collaboration with Omar Gatlato, Merzak Allouache Icaria publishers and the Foundation for Internacional Relations and External Dialogue (FRIDE). Madrid. Footprints, Hamid Bennani Madrid.

Participation in festivals: Homage to Youssef Chahine Central station Hay Literature Festival Cartagena de Indias: Huda Barakat (Lebanon), Yasser Abdel Latif (Egypt). Alexandria… Why? Cartagena de Indias, third edition. The sixth day Destiny Cosmopoética 2008 Cordoba: Ibrahim Nasrallah (Palestine), Abdul Hadi Sadoun (Iraq) and Madrid. Mohamed Bennis (Morocco). Documenta Madrid 2008. V Madrid International Documentaries Festival Panorama of Hay Festival Alhambra, first edition: Raja Alem (Saudi Arabia), Murid Barguti (Palestine), Radwa contemporary Arab documentary cinema II “Identity and Revision of History” Ashur (Egypt), Huda Barakat (Lebanon), Hamid Triki (Morocco), Elias Khoury (Lebanon), Adhaf BerlínBeirut, Myrna Maakaron Soueif (Egypt), Najat El Hachmi (Spain). Granada. Mixed salad, Nadia Kamel Flood in the country of Baaz, Omar Amiralay Book Night. Madrid. You, Waguih, Namir Abdel Messeeh Round table: The Yacoubian building, novel and film. Land of Women, Jean K. Chamoun Evening: of Arab music and words. No one returned from there, Nader Helal My brother Arafat, Rashid Masharawi Seville Book Fair. Personal investigation, Ula Tabari The colour of sacrifice, Murad Boucif Madrid Book Fair. Round table: Identity and the revision of history in Arab documentary. Madrid. Hay Festival Segovia 2008: Widad Benmoussa (Morocco).

International story competition A sea of words. The Spanish network of the Ana Lindh Participation in festivals: EuroMediterranean Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures. Madrid. XI International Festival of Films Produced by Women. Saragossa.

35th edition of the International Day of Bahía Cinema “1968 Forty years later”. Salvador de Bahía, Brazil. VIEWPOINTS Cinema San Sebastian Film Festival. Cinema in Movement 4. Rana’s wedding by Hany Abu-Assad. Malaga, Madrid. Festival Amal 08: International Festival of Euro-Arab Cinema (Santiago de Compostela). Dunia by Jocelyne Saab. Madrid, Cordoba, Granada. African Cinema Festival of Tarifa. Bled Number One by Rabah Ameur Zaïmeche. Madrid, Cordoba. Malaga Festival. Pre-screening of the documentary: Rif 1921, a forgotten history, by Manuel Horrillo. Madrid.

88 Casa Árabe 2008 89 List of Activities 8 0 0 2 ` e b EXHIBITIONS MIXED PROGRAMMES a r Á Yemen Today. Viewpoints, Voices and Players. Madrid. a Photography exhibition Spain and the Arab world: Images of a century of political relations. Cairo, s a Madrid and Seville. Tribune C 90 Politics, society and creation in Yemen today Exhibition: Collectif 212: Contemporary art in Morocco. Madrid. Yusif Mohammed Abdullah, Husain Abdullah al Amri, Amna al Nasiri, Nabila al Zubair, François Burgat. Exhibition: Ibn Jaldún, between al-Andalus and Egypt. Cairo. Collaboration with the Legado Andalusí Foundation. Voices. Concert Ahmed Fathi, Ali al Akwa’a and the Munshidin. Photography exhibition: The city according to Jane Jacobs. Cordoba. Viewpoints. Cinema Osama Esid: Play of representations. The Egyptian experience. Jaén, Tarifa, Granada and Cordoba. A new day in old Sanaa by Bader Ben Hirsi.

Photography exhibition Voices of Iraq. Cordoba and Jaén. Poetry reading of the work Estaciones para las tristezas de Saba (Seasons for Saba’s sadnesses) by the poet Ahmed Al Awadi. Photography exhibition: Maghreb, the Arab west. Cordoba and Seville. Publication of the book Estaciones para las tristezas de Saba (Seasons for Saba’s sadnes- City of mirage. Baghdad, from Wright to Venturi. Barcelona, Madrid and Murcia. ses) of the poet Ahmed Al Awadi with illustrations by Amna al Nasiri.

Palestine before 1948. Santiago de Compostela, in collaboration with the Araguaney Foundation. Palestine/ The Nakba: 60 years of unresolved conflict (1948-2008). Madrid. XXX edition of the Biennale of Pontevedra Voices. Concert Collective exhibition Without frontiers: Hispano-Maghrebi artistic convergences. Rim Banna, the Palestinian voice.

Tribune Mustafa Barguti: The significance of the Nakba for Palestinians. Madrid.

VOICES Concerts Palestine 181 Abderrahmane Abdelli. Cordoba. To mark the International Day of Solidarity with Palestine declared by the UNO. Madrid. Tribune Majid Bekkas. Moroccan Blues concert, Guitar Festival, Cordoba, and EsCultural 08 Programme, The current situation of the Palestinian refugees, Nur Masalha. Puente Genil. Palestine in the cinema, Kais Al-Zubaidi. Rabih Abou-Khalil, Madrid Jazz Festival. Viewpoints. Cinema Enrique Morente and the Maestros de Jajouka: Sound of water: music from Spain and Africa. Expo Palestine, chronicle of a people, Kais Al-Zubaidi. Saragossa 2008. Bookstand H- Kayne in concert. Jerez de la Frontera. Segregated and secluded. Palestinians and the threats to their security, Rafael Escudero Alday (ed.).

Maâlem Abdendi El Gadari and the gnawa group "Bambara". European Day of Music. Madrid. Inauguration of Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Madrid Extraordinary meeting of the High Board of Trustees presided over by Their Majesties the King and Queen. FESTIVAL OF RAMADAN NIGHTS Inauguration of the photography exhibition: Spain and the Arab world. Images of a century of political relations. Voices. Concert: Oumar Pène and Le Super Diamono of Dakar (Senegal). Performance Hispano-Egyptian Desordances by Dani Panullo Dancetheatre Co. Chaba Zahouania (Algeria). Noura (Mauritania). H-Kayne (Morocco). Arab contributions to Ibero-American identities, Seminar, Rio de Janeiro. Round tables Viewpoints. Cinema: The arrival of Arabs in Ibero-America: a national and regional approach Transes, Ahmed El-Maanouni. Itineraries, journeys and dynamics of migration. The southern cone and the cases of Conference and tasting: Argentina and Brazil, Hamurabi Noufouri, Paulo Hilu Pinto. Dishes of Ramadan. Salah Yamal, Maria Llardent, Amina Saw, Mohamed Shawkat Ali. A country open or closed to Arab immigration. The Andean region and the cases of Chile and Colombia, Eugenio Chahuán, Pilar Vargas. Workshops: Music, dance, animation, calligraphy, games, photography. Insertions and culture shocks. Central America, the Caribbean and the cases of Cuba and Mexico, Rigoberto Menéndez Paredes, Carlos Martínez Assad.

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0 The Arab component in the Ibero-American melting pot 0 2 Socioeconomic contributions. From peddler to entrepreneur, John Tofik Karam, Lorenzo Agar. e b COURSES a r Á Political contributions of Arab-Americans. The long road to the presidential seat, María del Beginners course in Arabic calligraphy a s a Mar Logroño, Oswaldo Truzzi. C 92 Courses in Arabic. Cultural contributions. The literature of the mahyar and Latin American orientalism. Other cre- ations: plastic and performing arts, Rosa Isabel Martínez Lillo, Horacio Cagni. Courses in Moroccan dialect (dariya). Arabic calligraphy workshops in educational centres in the Madrid region. The Arab world and the Americas today Perceptions of the Arab world in the Americas. The international press and the fourth gene- Virtual Museum “Discovering Islamic Art”. Presentation and workshop. Madrid. ration of Arab Americans, Farid Kahhat, Camila Pastor, Gema Martín Muñoz. UNED course: Employment, Poverty and Emigration in Mediterranean Arab Countries. Motril. The image of Latin America in the Arab world, Dima Khatib, Zidane Zeraoui. Summer school Madinat Al-Zahra, history and archaeology of Al-Andalus, Summer University of Voices. Concert Cordoba 2008. Cordoba. Eblén Macari Trío. Summer school: It fills with voices… (Reflections about urban space). Summer University of Viewpoints. Cinema Cordoba and VIMCORSA. The last moon, Miguel Littín. I am Palestinian, Osama Qashoo. IX Meeting of Textiles. Axerquía Neighbourhood Association and delegation for popular participation El baisano Jalil, Joaquín Pardavé. of Cordoba Town Hall. Lavoura Arcaica, Luiz Fernando Carvalho. Course for primary school teachers. Images for living together. Teachers Support Centre, Collado Cinema, polítics and society in Arab countries. Villalba, Madrid. Round tables and panorama of documentary cinema. Santiago de Chile and Lima. Course in Arabic for primary school teachers, CEIP Cañada Real and CAP Madrid-west. Viewpoints. Cinema Personal investigation, Ula Tabari You, Waguih, Namir Abdel Messeeh BerlínBeirut, Myrna Maakaron Amina, Khadija Al-Salami RECORDS OF MEMORY Everyone has their Palestine, Nadine Naous y Léna Rouxel Maher Al-Sharif Chatila roundabout, Maher Abi Samra Tears of the sheikhas, Ali Essafi Talal Asad Hassan “the astute”, Mahmoud Al Massad Time for news, Azza El Hassan Those girls, Tahani Rached I would like to tell them: God, the law and women, Dalila Ennadre VHS Kahloucha, Nejib Belkhadi OTHER ACTIVITIES Round tables Visit of the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Cordoba and Seville. Identity with Ula Tabari and Nelson Manrique Visit of HM Queen Rania of Jordan to Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Madrid. Women, with Khadija Al-Salami and Judith Vélez Refugees with Maher Abi Samra and Luis del Valle Visit of a parliamentary delegation of the National Federal Council of State of the United Arab Emirates, in collaboration with the Senate.

Visit of a group of Egyptian professionals to Cordoba and Madrid. In collaboration with the Carolina SEMINARS Foundation. Performance: The place and the word. Interrupted conversation. Beirut. Madrid. In collaboration Days of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Madrid with the Cervantes Institute in Beirut. Dialogue between Spain and the States of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Abdel Rahman Bin Hamad Al Atiyyah, Gema Martín Muñoz, Najeeb XXI Symposium of SEEA. Albacete. Abdulla Alshamsi and Martín Ortega Carcelén. Presentation of the conclusions of the 23th Congress of Journalists of the Strait. Journalism and Seminar European Islam, between religious traditions and secular formations. (ISIM) Poland, Germany. climate change. Cordoba.

Seminar of the French Institute of the Middle East (IFOP) International colloquium. The construction Official handover of the Collection of civil sentences declared by the Supreme Court during the of Palestine: 60 years after the débâcle. Damascus. period of the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco to the President of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Morocco. Madrid. International Congress Iridescences of Asian and Muslim countries (University of Extremadura). Cáceres.

I International Forum of women and local politics. Cordoba.

V Forum of Hispano-Moroccan Jurists. Saragossa.

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Gema Martín Muñoz Director General Sergio Vidueira Martínez Mariló Sancho Velázquez Manager Tribunes and Communication (Cordoba) Cristina Pensado Banet Rafael Santiago Reyes Executive Adviser Management and Human Resources (Cordoba) Tamim El Dalati Huguet Press Director Rafael Marcos Gómez Management Associate Isaías Barreñada Bajo Coordinator of Educational Programmes and Daniel Gil Flores Publications Associate Educational Programmes and Publications Nuria Medina García Coordinator of Cultural Programmes M’hani Belrhrib El Hamdouni Associate Educational Programmes and Olivia Orozco de la Torre Publications Coordinator of the Socioeconomic and Business Programme Elena González González Associate Cultural Programmes Víctor Gutiérrez Castillo Institutional and Academic Relations Rafael Moreno López (Cordoba) Associate Cultural Programmes Elena Arigita Maza Javier Lesaca Esquiroz Chief Researcher (IEAM) Associate Researcher Socioeconomic Observatory Rafael Ortega Rodrigo Chief Researcher (IEAM) Ruth Pimentel Touya Associate Press and Communications Office Francisco Javier Rosón Lorente Researcher (IEAM) Yolanda Rodríguez Ramírez Management Assistant Rocío Vázquez Martí Researcher (IEAM) Maribel Gálvez Casado Personal Assistant Director General and Amira Kedier General Archive Researcher (IEAM) Nadia Makki Hornedo Karim Hauser Askalani Secretary Director General’s office Arabia Americana Programme Irene González Blanco Ana Isabel González Santamaría Administrative Assistant Business Forum Almudena Rubio Gálvez Casa Árabe Paula Santillán Grimm Administrative Assistant Management Annual Report 2008 Arabic Language Centre Nagla Abd el Monem This report is available on Jaime López Francisco Administrative Assistant Forum and www.casaarabe.es Media Library Education Published by Casa Árabe Nuria Torres Santo Domingo Irene Quintana Suárez Translated by Elizabeth Nash Designed by rez Documentation Centre Administrative Assistant Culture and Tribunes Printed by Rotosa

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