My last paper aims to explore the relationships between natural disasters and socio-political events in the Andalusi and Maghribi worlds, situating them within a wider Mediterranean pattern that offers a cross-cultural dialogue on the politics of environmental meaning
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
My last paper aims to explore the relationships between natural disasters and socio-political events in the Andalusi and Maghribi worlds, situating them within a wider Mediterranean pattern that offers a cross-cultural dialogue on the politics of environmental meaning
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
Tomorrow we'll have the pleasure of welcoming Amira Bennison (UCambridge) to Granada. She will speak about the history of the Maghreb through its cities. The lecture can also be followed online via YouTube
www.youtube.com/live/ePPGE9P...
#Maghreb
#Granada
@casaarabe.bsky.social
“Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif have been able to tell their own people’s story directly to the world. And Israel is methodically killing them for it, while many of their Western colleagues and international journalistic institutions remain shamefully silent”— my latest @theguardian.com
The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine pointed to 'an unprecedented assault on the churches of the Holy Land' in Palestine.
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
🕯️ Cerramos la noche con este bluit:
“Os encomiendo Palestina y a su gente”.
Reproducimos el testamento de Anas Al-Sharif, periodista de Al Jazeera asesinado por Israel en Gaza. Un grito contra el olvido
Today is the day Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his security cabinet to agree to his Final Solution on Gaza.
Mark it down. This the day the world turned away.
#Gaza #GazaGenocide
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
On the Lisbon coast reading about anti-fascism and the Spanish Civil War in the Arab world, with the fantastic "Moros contra Franco" by Marc Almodóvar and Andreu Rosés
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
My new piece on the so-called «Mozarabs» and the fate of the Christians of al-Andalus.
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
My new piece on the so-called «Mozarabs» and the fate of the Christians of al-Andalus.
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
Women were forbidden to have amorous relations with men of another religion, to have children with a man of another religion, or to breastfeed a child of another religion; they were forbidden to share meals, feasts, or duels. But did they comply with these rules?
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
Women were forbidden to have amorous relations with men of another religion, to have children with a man of another religion, or to breastfeed a child of another religion; they were forbidden to share meals, feasts, or duels. But did they comply with these rules?
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
Andalusi ham. Another way of understanding intercultural relations. Trevélez (Alpujarras, Granada) 😋
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
Andalusi ham. Another way of understanding intercultural relations. Trevélez (Alpujarras, Granada) 😋
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
A Spain of Moorish blood: the Right and the Arab-Berber heritage
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
A Spain of Moorish blood: the Right and the Arab-Berber heritage
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
The archaeological site of Mesas de Villaverde (Málaga) with its church carved in stone. It is associated -although this is not completely confirmed- with Bobastro, the place from which, between the 9th-10th centuries, Umar b. Hafsun challenged the Umayyad emirate of Cordoba
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
The archaeological site of Mesas de Villaverde (Málaga) with its church carved in stone. It is associated -although this is not completely confirmed- with Bobastro, the place from which, between the 9th-10th centuries, Umar b. Hafsun challenged the Umayyad emirate of Cordoba
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
Ataifor of Benetusser, Valencia. 11th century. Madinat al-Zahra' style
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
The Gate of Justice of the Alhambra, 1348. The hand on the keystone of the arch of the façade and the key on the keystone of the entrance arch stand in contrast to the image of the Virgin and Child, placed by the Catholic Monarchs over the foundational Arabic inscription
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
The Gate of Justice of the Alhambra, 1348. The hand on the keystone of the arch of the façade and the key on the keystone of the entrance arch stand in contrast to the image of the Virgin and Child, placed by the Catholic Monarchs over the foundational Arabic inscription
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
Nuestra compañera, Alicia Hernández Robles publica el artículo "Alojarse en un funduq en al-Andalus", donde podréis indagar acerca de este sitio al que recurrian los viajeros y comerciantes en busca de alojamiento y seguridad.
Os dejamos el enlace al artículo: www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5249
Next week in Valencia, talking about Jerusalem and the Islamic response to the Crusades. You are all invited!
#medievalsky
#crusades
Next week in Valencia, talking about Jerusalem and the Islamic response to the Crusades. You are all invited!
#medievalsky
#crusades
Today in Madrid, talking about emotions and war in the Islamic Mediterranean
#medievalsky
asociacionjimena.wixsite.com/jimena/congr...
The so-called minaret of S. Juan de los Caballeros (Cordoba) belonged to an small Umayyad mosque probably built in the early 9th c. al-Andalus. After the Christian conquest of the city (1236), the building was donated to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, transforming it into a church
#medievalsky
The so-called minaret of S. Juan de los Caballeros (Cordoba) belonged to an small Umayyad mosque probably built in the early 9th c. al-Andalus. After the Christian conquest of the city (1236), the building was donated to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, transforming it into a church
#medievalsky
After the Christian conquest of #Granada, the new rulers gave ecclesiastical institutions permission to reuse the material from the Islamic cemeteries in their constructions. On the walls of the Church of S. Cristobal in the Albayzin one can see the remains of Andalusi tombs
#Al-Andalus
#medievalsky
The IFAO has just published "The Medieval Jihad". My chapter, entitled "Can we Talk About “Holy War” in al-Andalus? Jihad—and Beyond—in 10th Century Umayyad Iberia", discusses whether there was sacralized warfare in al-Andalus and how to define it
#medievalsky
www.ifao.egnet.net/publications...
