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Grasslands in the Fight Against Desertification: Recognize, Respect and Restore
On Wednesday, June 17, the Directorate General for Biodiversity, Forests and Desertification of Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), with the cooperation of the Biodiversity Foundation, is organizing this event at Casa Árabe to celebrate the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.June 12, 2026MADRID -
“On Exodus and Wind,” awarded as Best Research Photobook at PHotoEspaña 2026
Juan Valbuena masterfully uses everyday objects, family albums, official documents and institutional archives to rescue a story as unknown as it is necessary from oblivion: the exile of thousands of people who, after losing the Civil War, were forced to seek asylum in the Maghreb (then a French colonial territory and now Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco).June 11, 2026MADRID -
Casa Árabe and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CEARC) sign a strategic agreement to promote knowledge of the Arab world in Spanish
The agreement was signed by Casa Árabe’s General Director, Miguel Moro Aguilar, and the Executive Director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CEARC), Haizam Amirah Fernández. It will facilitate joint research, analysis and outreach activities on the Arab world, with a special focus on promoting the work done by young researchers, and on publishing and academic output in the Spanish language.June 11, 2026MADRID -
Visit by representatives of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq to Spain
The delegation, led by Darawan Hamid Ghafar, representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government–Iraq in Spain, and Salar Mahmood Murad Ali Al Tabalani, director of the Foreign Relations Center of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), was received by Casa Árabe’s General Director, Miguel Moro Aguilar.June 10, 2026MADRID -
Call for entries for the twenty-first edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA)
Devoted to Arab literature and cultures and open to submissions in Spanish, the award is accepting entries until September 1. For the first time ever, works may be submitted in PDF format, with no requirement to send in physical copies. Please see the rules and regulations below.June 09, 2026ONLINE