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colorful variety of spices is a must on any Arab market.
Umayyaden-Moschee
Did you know that…
 
...the first hospital complying with modern standards of hygiene, diagnosis and therapy was opened up in 707
in Damascus?
At the same time the famous Omayyad mosque was built.
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The entertaining biography of a forgotten genius of world history is subject of the book, in commemoration of the 1220. anniversary of his death. See also: www.emir-von-cordoba.info
 
An event in cooperation with the Department of International Relations of the city of Nuremberg (see:
Amt für Internationale Beziehungen der Stadt Nürnberg) and Conoris e.V.
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Exhibition "Coffee – from Arabia into the World"
8 May - 12 September 2010

in the German Shephers Museum, Hersbruck
Eisenhüttlein 7, 91217 Hersbruck
opening hours: Tuesday to Sonday 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
 
The exhibition broached the issue of the cultural history of coffee

coffe beeing one of our everyday consumed goods which were spread into the world through the Arab cultural area.   
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On 12 June and 24 July 2010 so-called "coffee days" were held as side-events to the exhibition in the German Shephers Museum Hersbruck.
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The Córdoba mosque is the oldest building in Spain which is still completely preserved. The emirate of Córdoba was the first advanced civilisation in medieval Europe, synonym for peaceful coexistance between three world religions.
But who was the initiator of this marvellous example of architec-
ture? Who laid the foundaition for the social interaction of cul-
tures in Andalusia? Few is known about the first emir of Córdoba.
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2010
 
Andalusian Night
Freitag, 1 October 2010, 7.00 - 10.00 pm, free entrance
Villa Leon, Philipp-Körber-Weg 1, 90439 Nürnberg

 
Author's reading with Cluse Krings: "Die vier Spiegel des Emirs von Cordoba",
Concert with Nasser Kilada, Martin Klingenberg and Christian Kögel
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Arabic snacks at the Nuremberg Festival of Twin Cities
 
We took part: On 21 May 2011 the Department of International
Relations of the city of Nuremberg celebrated the annual
Fest der Partnerstädte (Festival of Twin Cities) as well as the
department's 20th anniversary
on Hans-Sachs-Platz in
Nuremberg, right infront of the new
Nuremberg International
Centre (Internationales Haus Nürnberg)
. Several music bands
and dancing groups from all over the world performed, surrounded by vivid market live. The Nuremberg Museum of Arab Culture Association arranged its own snack stall to contribute falafel sandwiches and tee to the wide range of international gastronomic specialities.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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the two cello players Birgit Förstner (music award winner) and Sybille Fritz as well as by the lute player Layt Abdul Ameer.
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Qualification project "Orient Manager"
 
The professional training programme "Orient-Manager" by the Bildungswerk der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (bbw) gGmbH in cooperation with TrappNetworks and the Nuremberg Museum
of Arab Culture Association aimed to coach companies from the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region and their employees for business relations in Arabic speaking countries. The seminar was held in spring 2010 and for a second time in spring/summer 2011. It covered
60 teaching units à 45 minutes and was divided into 9 days of training.

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Stadt(ver)führungen 2011
 
"Oases" was the subject of this year's "
Stadt(ver)führungen", a rank series of guided tours through Nuremberg from 1st to 3rd July 2011, organised by the city's Cultural Department. For the first time, the Nuremberg Museum of Arab Culture Association offered a guided tour, too (in German language only): We lead you to the Nuremberg Airport as an urban "oasis"
of intercultural relashionship.
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2011
 
Concert and reading: "Dreams of Orient and Occident" – Poetry, Lute and Cello
Saturday, 1th October 2011, 7.00 - 9.00 pm
Nachbarschaftshaus Gostenhof, Adam-Klein-Str. 6, 90429 Nürnberg
Music and Poetry connect cultures – especially with instruments from different cultural world regions which can seldom be enjoyed together. The uncommon combination of poetry, lute and cello develops a magical Oriental-European harmony.
Themed "Dreams of Orient and Occident", the literary award winner Dr. Kassem Alef and Erika Maria Dietz read their own poems. This night's texts were dominated by harsh reality and great emotions. They dealt with days and nights which made
the auditorium dream.

 
The poetry was framed and connected by amazing music by
2009
 
Germans meet Yemenites
15 August 2009, Schloss Burgfarrnbach
 
On the occasion of the first German-Yemeni sports meeting, the Nuremberg Museum of Arab Culture Association, the German-Yemeni Association and the Nuremberg-Fürth German-Egyptian Association invited to an evening party at Schloss Burgfarrnbach. About 30 Yemenites stayed for a visit in Germany from 11 to 18 August. The heart of the group was the soccer team al-Saqr from Taizz, Yemen, in company with the vice minister of youth and sports Muamar Mutaher al-Eryani, as well as representatives of youth associations, artists and businessmen.
On the meeting on 15 August, the delegation was welcomed in speech by state minister Günter Gloser, the lord mayor of the city of Fürth Thomas Jung, and Yemen's embassador Mohammed al-Eryani. Festive athmosphere came up with spontaneous Yemenite folk dance, where also the German visitors joined in.
The Yemenite youth enthused about their memorable first visit in Germany, which had been crowned by athletic success: The team defeated the SC Freiburg youth team as well as
the Adidas staff team from Herzogenaurach.
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The exhibition aimed to show how the European progress
regarding medical knowledge was influenced and enriched by
the Arab World. Furthermore it informs about today’s situation,
as European medical technologies and services build a bridge
between both regions. Both in the past and in the present it
is a matter of innovations and markets for human well-being.
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Nuremberg and the Arab World –
Economic relations past and present
24 January 2009, Hirsvogelsaal at the Tucherschloss, Nuremberg
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2008
 
Arabia – the cultural heritage lives!
28 June 2008, Villa Leon, Nuremberg
 
The tunes of the regional band "Sterne des Orients" inspired the audience at the association's kick-off event.
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Exhibition "Medicine Unites"
The inaugural exhibition of the Nurembeg Museum of Arab Culture Association was shown from 30 April until 19 Mai 2009 in the Hall of Honour in the Old Town-Hall of Nuremberg, and in shorter version from 7 June until 12 July 2009 in the Nuremberg Museum of Natural History.