In his presentation, besides providing a general description of the institution, López Busquets will be announcing the contents of the latest issue of Casa Árabe’s publication Awraq: Journal of analysis and thought on the Arab and Islamic world. This edition, which will be issue number 11, has the title “Art of Al-Andalus and the Mudejar Period in Its International Projection: Legacy and modernity.” It discusses topics which are essential to Casa Árabe because of their international scope, and because many of them are associated with the “Spain Brand.” The objective of this issue is to make clear the relevant role played by Spain in relations with the Arab world and to highlight that we are the best intermediary for connecting the Arab world with Latin America. Our Arab historical past provides us with a privileged position to further these relations and open up new channels of communication with each of the Arab countries.

In this sense, we have attempted to create a publication with two different facets, encompassing past and present. On the one hand, we have taken into account the historical focus, by analyzing topics of such importance as the international scope of the artistic legacy of Al-Andalus throughout the nineteenth century in Europe, and its representation at the Universal Expositions. Also analyzed is the influence of Al-Andalus aesthetics in Latin America, where a new version of Mudejar art was developed as of the fifteenth century, with the arrival of the Spanish. On the other hand, this volume includes a contemporary dimension, discussing Spain’s current relations with the Arab world, through its architecture, for instance. This was made clear at the exhibition put on by Casa Árabe and the Superior Council of Architects’ Associations of Spain with the title On a Journey: Spanish Architecture in the Arab World.