To be held on Thursday, September 10 is the presentation of “Madinat al-Zahra: Permanent exhibition catalogue.” The vast, extraordinary work researching, excavating and preserving the city, begun in 1911 (and given form in 2009 with the official opening of a permanent exhibition hall at the Institutional Headquarters and Museum of Madinat al-Zahra) has now been backed by the publication of the catalogue for this exhibition, exceptional if we take into account the quality of the pieces on display and the up-to-date, innovative nature of its proposals and museographic solutions.

The presentation will be given by José Escudero Aranda, director of the Archeological Site of Madinat al-Zahra. Escudero will be accompanied by Eduardo López Busquets, the General Director of Casa Árabe, at what will be his last public event in the city as the institution’s General Director.

López Busquets will also be presenting issue number 11 of “Awraq: Journal of analysis and thought on the contemporary Arab and Islamic world, which is dedicated to “Al-Andalus and Mudéjar Art and its International Projection: Legacy and modernity.” This issue, corresponding to the first half of 2015, includes articles by well-known specialists who provide a multidisciplinary review of the international scope of the artistic legacy of Al-Andalus and the Mudéjar period up to our times. The following Casa Árabe publications are also being presented: Andalusi and Mudejar art in its international scope: legacy and modernity, along with others that have been given our support, such as “Los Almorávides, arquitectura de un imperio” (“The Almoravids, Architecture of an Empire”) and “La senda de los Almohades” (“The Path of the Almohads”).

To be held on Monday, September 14 is the presentation of issue number 11 of Awraq: Journal of analysis and thought on the contemporary Arab and Islamic world, which is dedicated to “Al-Andalus and Mudéjar Art and its International Projection: Legacy and modernity.” This issue, corresponding to the first half of 2015, includes articles by well-known specialists who provide a multidisciplinary review of the international scope of the artistic legacy of Al-Andalus and the Mudéjar period up to our times.

The presentation will be given by Eduardo López Busquets, the Director of Casa Árabe, at what will be his last public event as the institution’s General Director.

The following Casa Árabe publications are also being presented: Andalusi and Mudejar art in its international scope: legacy and modernity; “Madinat al-Zahra: Permanent exhibition catalogue”; and other publications which have been given our support, such as “Los Almorávides, arquitectura de un imperio” (“The Almoravids, Architecture of an Empire”) and “La senda de los Almohades” (“The Path of the Almohads”).