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CASA ARABE – IEAM
Casa Árabe and its International Institute of Arab and Muslim World Studies (IEAM) is a consortium formed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development, the regional governments of Andalusia and Madrid, and the town councils of Madrid and Cordoba. It is run by a Governing Board and a General Directorship. Its High Board of Trustees is presided over by Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain.
GOVERNING BOARD
MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD
| PRESIDENT José Manuel García Margallo | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |
|---|---|
| VICE PRESIDENTS José Antonio Griñán Martínez | President of the regional government of Andalusia |
| Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma | President of the regional government of Madrid |
| Ana Botella | Mayor of Madrid |
| José Antonio Nieto Ballesteros | Mayor of Cordoba |
| MEMBERS | |
| Gonzalo de Benito Secades | Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
| Gonzalo Robles Orozco | Secretary General of International Cooperation for Development |
| Juan López-Dóriga Pérez | Director of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development |
| Juan González-Barba Pera | Director General of Foreign Policy for the Maghreb, Africa, Mediterranean and Middle East |
| Fernando Eguidazu Palacios | Director General of International Economic Relations |
| María Claver Ruiz | Director General of Media and Public Diplomacy |
| Luis Tomás Melgar Valero | Deputy Director General of Public Diplomacy |
| Pilar Serret de Murga | Deputy Director General of Economic Diplomacy |
| María del Mar Moreno Ruiz | Minister for the presidency and spokesperson of the regional government of Andalusia |
| Ignacio González González | Vice president, responsible for Culture and spokesman for the regional government of Madrid |
| Luis Miguel Boto Martínez | Councillor President for Chamartin District of Madrid City Hall |
| Juan Miguel Moreno Calderón | Delegate for Culture of Cordoba Town Hall |
GENERAL DIRECTORSHIP
EDUARDO LÓPEZ BUSQUETS
Eduardo López Busquets was born in Valence on the 9th July
1957. He is a law graduate of the University of Valence. He became
career diplomat in 1985 and he received a master degree in International
Policy from the Free University of Brussels.
Since 2009 and up to his appointment as General Director of Casa Árabe, he has been Ambassador to Mozambique. Previously he had served in several countries, for instance, as Deputy Chief of Mission in Algeria and Iran.
During his long professional career, in the Presidency of the Government and in the ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and in the ministry of Defence and of Presidency, Eduardo López Busquets has focused his activity on a group of different but related axes: political analysis, paying special attention to transitional societies; European and Mediterranean security; and public diplomacy.
In Mozambique, country with 30 per cent of Muslim population, as the name itself denotes, Eduardo López Busquets did not only analyze the political, social, cultural dimension of the Muslim communities, specially on the North of the country, but also guided his work taking into account that his aims were: to boost Spanish enterprises within the emerging economy of Mozambique, specially focusing on cultural creative industries as potential employment and wealth sources; to set Spain as a global tourism power which can contribute to Mozambique's development; and to identify social agents within the outskirts of big cities, using new technologies to foster the very positive image Mozambique has from Spain and to develop networks with Spanish public diplomacy agents (NGOs, Foundations, professionals, Business Schools).
As General Director of Casa Árabe he is committed to develop both his work and the one made by his collaborators based on those very same goals, among others.
Since 2009 and up to his appointment as General Director of Casa Árabe, he has been Ambassador to Mozambique. Previously he had served in several countries, for instance, as Deputy Chief of Mission in Algeria and Iran.
During his long professional career, in the Presidency of the Government and in the ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and in the ministry of Defence and of Presidency, Eduardo López Busquets has focused his activity on a group of different but related axes: political analysis, paying special attention to transitional societies; European and Mediterranean security; and public diplomacy.
In Mozambique, country with 30 per cent of Muslim population, as the name itself denotes, Eduardo López Busquets did not only analyze the political, social, cultural dimension of the Muslim communities, specially on the North of the country, but also guided his work taking into account that his aims were: to boost Spanish enterprises within the emerging economy of Mozambique, specially focusing on cultural creative industries as potential employment and wealth sources; to set Spain as a global tourism power which can contribute to Mozambique's development; and to identify social agents within the outskirts of big cities, using new technologies to foster the very positive image Mozambique has from Spain and to develop networks with Spanish public diplomacy agents (NGOs, Foundations, professionals, Business Schools).
As General Director of Casa Árabe he is committed to develop both his work and the one made by his collaborators based on those very same goals, among others.
HIGH BOARD OF TRUSTEES
INSTITUTIONAL AND BUSINESS TRUSTEES
Under the Honorary Presidency of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain
| Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports | José Ignacio Wert Ortega, Minister of Education, Culture and Sports |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism | José Manuel Soria López, Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism |
| Abengoa | Felipe Benjumea Llorente, Chairman |
| Acciona | José Manuel Entrecanales Domecq, Chairman |
| ACS Foundation | Antonio García Ferrer, Deputy Chairman |
| Agbar | Ángel Simón Grimaldos, Chairman |
| Altadis | Dominic Brisby, General Manager |
| Aresbank | Juan Carlos Montañola, Executive Chairman |
| BMCE Bank | Radi Hamudeh, General Manager |
| Banco Santander | Antonio Escámez, Member of the Executive Committee |
| CEOE | Joan Rosell, Chairman |
| CEPSA | Santiago Bergareche Busquet, Chairman |
| CEPYME | Jesús María Terciado, Chairman |
| CESCE | |
| Comisiones Obreras | Ignacio Fernández Toxo, Secretary General |
| Dubai Port World | Mohammed Sharaf, Chief Executive Officer |
| Elecnor | Fernando Azaola Arteche, Chairman |
| Extenda | Teresa Sáez Carrascosa, Director General |
| FEMP | Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Chairman |
| Fertiberia | Francisco J. de la Riva, Chairman |
| Gas Natural Fenosa | Salvador Gabarró Serra, Chairman |
| Godó Group | Javier Godó Muntañola, Chairman |
| Grespania | Luis Hernández Sanchís, Chief Executive Officer |
| High Board of Chambers of Commerce | Manuel Teruel Izquierdo, Chairman |
| Iberdrola | Ignacio Sánchez Galán, Chairman |
| ICEX | Jaime García-Legaz Ponce, Chairman |
| IDB GROUP | Ahmed Mohamed Ali, Chairman |
| Instituto Cervantes | |
| Joly Group | José Joly Martínez de Salazar, Chairman |
| League of Arab States | Secretary General |
| Mondragón | Josu Ugarte, Chairman of Mondragon International |
| Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía | Manuel Borja-Villel, Director |
| OPEC Fund for International Development | Suleiman J. Al-Herbish, Director General |
| P4R, S.A. | Isabel Martín Castellá, Chairwoman |
| Prisa Group | Ignacio Polanco, Chairman |
| PROMOMADRID | Jesús Sainz Muñoz, Chairman |
| Ramón Vizcaíno Refrigeración | José Ramón Vizcaíno, Chairman |
| REPSOL | Antonio Brufau Niubó, Chairman |
| SGAE | Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| Técnicas Reunidas | José Lladó Fernández-Urrutia, Chairman |
| Unión General de Trabajadores | Cándido Méndez, Secretary General |
| UNICAJA | Braulio Medel Cámara, Chairman |
| Villar Mir Group | Juan Miguel Villar Mir, Chairman |
| Vocento Group | Santiago de Ybarra y Churruca, Honorary Chairman |
DIPLOMATIC BOARD
MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC BOARD
Casa Árabe's Diplomatic Board is a consultive body comprising ambassadors of Arab countries accredited in Spain
| HE Mohammed Haneche | Ambassador of the Popular and Democratic Republic of Algeria |
|---|---|
| HE Musa Amer Odeh | Ambassador of Palestine |
| HE Adil Hamad M. Al Ayyar | Ambassador of the State of Kuwait |
| HE Sheikh Hilal Marhoon Salim Al Mamary | Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman |
| HE Hissa Abdulla Ahmed Al Otaiba | Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates |
| HE Hamad Bin Hamad Al-Ibrahim Al-Attiya | Ambassador of the State of Qatar |
| HE Hussam Edin Aala | Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic |
| HE Ziyad Khaled A. Ali | Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq |
| HE Ayman Abdulsamie Omar Zaineldin | Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt |
| HE Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Abdellahi Ould Boye | Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania |
| HE Moustapha Ahmed Noman | Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen |
| HE Ahmedou Ould Souilem | Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco |
| HE Aida Abd Elmagied Elshiekh | Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan |
| HE Mohamed Ezzine Chelaifa | Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia |
| HE Mohamed Alfaqeeh Saleh | Ambassador of Libya |
| HE Wissam Kalakeche | Chargé d'affaires of the Republic of Lebanon |
| HE Saeed O. A. Swieed | Chargé d'affaires of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| HE Hazem I. R. Al Khatib Al Tamimi | Chargé d'affaires of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
| HE Hassine Bouzid | Office Director of the League of Arab States |
ADVISORY BOARD
MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD
Casa Árabe’s Advisory Board is a consultative body comprising personalities of recognised prestige in the field of relations with Arab countries.
| Abderrahman Jah, Cherif | Chairman of the Foundation of Islamic Culture |
|---|---|
| Abu-Tarbush, José | Professor of Sociology, University of La Laguna |
| Asad, Talal | Anthropologist, University of New York |
| Badosa, Juan | Economist |
| Barrada, Muhammed | Moroccan writer |
| Bayat, Asef | Professor of Sociology and Middle East Studies. University of Illinois |
| Benzo Perea, Miguel | Special Ambassador for Relations with Muslim Communities and Organisations abroad |
| Casinello Aubán, Emilio | Ambassador of Spain. Director General of the Toledo International Centre for Peace |
| Chaib, Mohammed | Chairman of the Ibn Batuta Cultural Association and of the Federation of Catalan Cultural Entities of Moroccan Origin. |
| Cierco Jiménez de Parga, Juan | |
| Corm, George | Economist and sociologist. Former economics minister of Lebanon. Professor at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut. |
| Corriente Córdoba, Federico | Professor of Arab Language, University of Saragossa |
| de Vasconcelos, Álvaro | Director of the European Union’s Institute for Security Studies (IES) |
| Dezcallar de Mazarredo, Jorge | Ambassador of Spain in the United States of America |
| El Yazami, Driss | President of the National Human Rights Council of Morocco |
| Elena, Alberto | Professor of Film Studies. Universidad Carlos III of Madrid |
| Embarek López, Malika | Translator |
| Enciso Bergé, Ramón | Coordinator of the Averroes Committee’s Spanish group |
| Fabre, Thierry | Writer. Editor of the magazine “La Pensée du Midi” and organiser of the “Rencontres d’Averroes” in Marseille. |
| Finianos, Ghassan | Professor of Muslim Arab Philosophy, University of Damascos |
| Goytisolo, Juan | Writer |
| Guirao Cabrera, Jose | Director of the Casa Encendida |
| Hernández León, Juan Miguel | Chairman of the Fine Arts Circle |
| Ibrahim Ali, Haydar | Director of the Centre for Sudanese Studies, Khartoum |
| Jamal al-Suawaidi | Director General of The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research |
| Kettani, Saad | Chairman de Wafa-Assurences. Member of the Averroes Committee |
| Khader, Asma | Former minister of Culture of Jordan. Secretary General of The Jourdanian National Comission for Women |
| Kodmani, Bassma | Political Scientist. Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative, Paris |
| Lirola Delgado, Jorge | Chairman of the Spanish Society of Arab Studies (SEEA) |
| López de Aguirrebengoa, Pedro | Ambassador of Spain |
| Martínez Montávez, Pedro | Emeritus Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies. Autonomous University of Madrid |
| Moya, Diego | Western Mediterranean Cultural Association, MEDOCC |
| Mustafa, Hala | Director of the Politics department of the Al Ahram Centre of Strategic and Political Studies. Editor of the magazine Democracy, Egypt |
| Nadal, Miquel | Former secretary of state for foreign affairs. Director of the Foundation and International Relations of the Royal Automobile Club of Catalonia (RACC) |
| Noufouri, Hamurabi | Course Director for Arab, American-Arab and Islamic Studies at the Tres de Febrero University, Argentina |
| Ortega, Andrés | |
| Ortega Salinas, Joaquín | Ambassador of Spain |
| Pacheco Paniagua, Juan Antonio | Professor of Arab Studies, University of Seville |
| Páez López, Jerónimo | Director of Almed publishing house |
| Parejo Fernández, Maria Angustias | Professor of Political Science and Administration, University of Granada |
| Pérez Yruela, Manuel | Researcher of the Institute of Advanced Social Studies of Andalucía, IESA-CSIC |
| Piscatori, James | Political Scientist. Head of School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University |
| Rahmouni, Kamal | Chairman of the Association of Moroccan Immigrant Workers in Spain (ATIME) |
| Romero Marcos, Manuel | Curator of cultural exhibitions |
| Ruiz de Almodóvar, Caridad | Professor of Contemporary History of Islam, University of Granada |
| Saaf, Abdallah | Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre des Etudes et Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERES). Mohamed V University of Rabat |
| Sahagún, Felipe | Member of the Editorial Board of the daily El Mundo. Professor of the Faculty of Information Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid |
| Sayigh, Yezid | Senior Associate, Carnegie Middle East Center (Beirut) |
| Segura i Mas, Antoni | Director of the Centre d’Estudis Histórics Internacionals at the University of Barcelona |
| Shiqaqi, Khalil | Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (Palestine) |
| Tatari, Riay | Secretary General of the Islamic Commission of Spain |
| Torres Aguilar, Manuel | Vice Rector and Director of the UNESCO Chair for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cordoba |
| Valcárcel, Darío | Editor of the magazine Política Exterior |
| Vallejo Triano, Antonio | Director of the Madinat Al–Zahra archaeological site |
| Vallespín, Fernando | Professor of Political Science, Autonomous University of Madrid |
| Vázquez Domínguez, Enrique | Leader writer of the Vocento group |
| Viguera Molins, María Jesús | Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies, Complutense University of Madrid |
