Students memorizing the Qur’an in a traditional way on a wooden louh.

Is this Morocco? Algeria? Mauritania?

No! This is from a school in a village of Granada, Spain!

A very traditional way of memorizing just like the Andalusians of the past.

Source: Alqueria Al Kawthar

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The name of this village is Al-Kawthar and is located 15 km from the city of Granada

The land was purchased in the 1990s to revive and educate Muslims in Spain

They also do activities such as swimming, archery, horse riding, etc.

They really live like the days of Al-Andalus!

Here is their Instagram: @alqueriaalkawthar

https://youtu.be/syf4vcCwm20

What to know more about this village? Watch this recent video from TRT about the lives of Spanish Muslims.

This talk analyzes the different representations of the Moriscos’ history in Spanish and Arab thought from the early modern era to today. First, it examines the evolution of the presence of this history in the literature and historic texts of the Spanish golden age (XVIe-XVIIe centuries). Secondly, it studies Spanish and Arab treatment of the subject in the XVIIIe and XIXe centuries, which means through the newspapers, writings of a historical nature, travel literature, novels, plays, etc. Thirdly, the talk explores the contemporary Arab literature and historic representations of the Moriscos’ history, and considers: how did it evolve quantitatively and qualitatively.

Speakers
Houssem E. Chachia, Assistant Professor of Early Modern History, University of Tunis

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