I recently read an article send by my friend Ali Al-Andalusi that talks about the Muslim community in Spain. Many Spaniards are becoming Muslim and some are even finding out they have Morisco ancestry!
โMuslim Community in Spain
According to official records, the Muslim population in Spain has multiplied tenfold over the past three decades, surpassing 2.5 million individuals. Non-official estimates suggest that the number of Muslims in the country may be closer to 3 million. Within this diverse community, 40 percent are Spanish converts, while the remaining 60 percent are immigrants, primarily from Morocco. However, other nationalities such as Pakistani and Senegalese also contribute to the vibrant Muslim presence in cities like Barcelona, Valencia, and Logrono.โ
Here is the link to the full article:
https://www.globalvillagespace.com/cultural-shifts-results-in-surging-wave-of-spanish-conversions-to-islam/#google_vignette
โMuslim Community in Spain
According to official records, the Muslim population in Spain has multiplied tenfold over the past three decades, surpassing 2.5 million individuals. Non-official estimates suggest that the number of Muslims in the country may be closer to 3 million. Within this diverse community, 40 percent are Spanish converts, while the remaining 60 percent are immigrants, primarily from Morocco. However, other nationalities such as Pakistani and Senegalese also contribute to the vibrant Muslim presence in cities like Barcelona, Valencia, and Logrono.โ
Here is the link to the full article:
https://www.globalvillagespace.com/cultural-shifts-results-in-surging-wave-of-spanish-conversions-to-islam/#google_vignette
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Ramadan in al-Andalus
In the great mosque (Jami al-Kabir) of the city of Cordoba, it was known during the month of Ramadan that it remained open all night and the amount of oil to light the lanterns cost half the annual amount just in the month of Ramdan alone. During Layla al-Qadr, large amounts of perfume were burned on this special occasion.
Imam al-Maqari mentioned in his book Nafh al-Tib that in the great mosque there were 280 chandeliers. The number of lanterns were 8,425 and some have said it could have been 10,805!
In the great mosque (Jami al-Kabir) of the city of Cordoba, it was known during the month of Ramadan that it remained open all night and the amount of oil to light the lanterns cost half the annual amount just in the month of Ramdan alone. During Layla al-Qadr, large amounts of perfume were burned on this special occasion.
Imam al-Maqari mentioned in his book Nafh al-Tib that in the great mosque there were 280 chandeliers. The number of lanterns were 8,425 and some have said it could have been 10,805!
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Ramadan in al-Andalus Part 2
Giving out charity was widely practiced in al-Andalus by the common Andalusian and the Muslim rulers. Charity would be handed out especially during the end of Ramadan and times of hardship such as during a famine.
Ibn Hayyan mentioned in his famous book on Andalusian history, al-Muqtabis fi Tarikh al-Andalus, that the Caliph Hakam II led a ceremony of one of these distributions of charity in which slaves went around with open bags full of money giving out to people.
Giving out charity was widely practiced in al-Andalus by the common Andalusian and the Muslim rulers. Charity would be handed out especially during the end of Ramadan and times of hardship such as during a famine.
Ibn Hayyan mentioned in his famous book on Andalusian history, al-Muqtabis fi Tarikh al-Andalus, that the Caliph Hakam II led a ceremony of one of these distributions of charity in which slaves went around with open bags full of money giving out to people.
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Surah Al-Qadr.
Written in an Andalusian style script from calligrapher Mohammed Aarfaouii.
Follow him on his Instagram:
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Written in an Andalusian style script from calligrapher Mohammed Aarfaouii.
Follow him on his Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/mohammed.aarfaouii?igsh=NGlqc2xiMWN2MW03
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The call to prayer (Adhan) in the city of Granada, Spain near the Alhambra.
The legacy of al-Andalus still remains in the hearts of people.
Call to prayer was done by Ali Keeler and posted by Waseem Mahmood. Give them a follow on their social media accounts!
The legacy of al-Andalus still remains in the hearts of people.
Call to prayer was done by Ali Keeler and posted by Waseem Mahmood. Give them a follow on their social media accounts!
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๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ-๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ
Ahmed Deedat mentioned a quote in his book, Arabs and Israel-Conflict or Conciliation that the Jews under Muslim rule in al-Andalus reached a point where they considered themselves under their own golden age:
โThe Jewish historians of the nineteenth century, as in the case of Graetz (the author of a ten volume history of the Jews), who were deeply embittered by the contrast between enlightened ideas of the century and the denial of civic rights to the Jews in many European countries, pointed out most emphatically that the legal and actual position of the ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ-๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ โ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐โ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ง has become a phrase which has found itโs why even to the most popular accounts of Jewish history.โ
๐Source: S.D Goitein in his โJews and Arabsโ page 7
๐ธ: Rabat, Morocco. 1440H.
Ahmed Deedat mentioned a quote in his book, Arabs and Israel-Conflict or Conciliation that the Jews under Muslim rule in al-Andalus reached a point where they considered themselves under their own golden age:
โThe Jewish historians of the nineteenth century, as in the case of Graetz (the author of a ten volume history of the Jews), who were deeply embittered by the contrast between enlightened ideas of the century and the denial of civic rights to the Jews in many European countries, pointed out most emphatically that the legal and actual position of the ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ-๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ โ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐โ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ง has become a phrase which has found itโs why even to the most popular accounts of Jewish history.โ
๐Source: S.D Goitein in his โJews and Arabsโ page 7
๐ธ: Rabat, Morocco. 1440H.
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Understanding the Muqaddimah by ibn Khaldun is not easy. Many teachers and researchers consider this work to be one of the hardest to read due to its high Arabic and understanding ibn Khaldunโs concepts.
Our teacher in Sociology, Dr. Benaouda Bensaid from Algeria suggested me to read and understand the summary of the Muqadimah by Dr. Abdul Muhsin al-โUsaymi before actually diving deep into the Muqaddimah itself. Reason being so I can be able to grasp the core ideas from Ibn Khaldun first.
We are also currently studying this book at our university, Sabahattin Zaim in Istanbul.
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโฆ
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Our teacher in Sociology, Dr. Benaouda Bensaid from Algeria suggested me to read and understand the summary of the Muqadimah by Dr. Abdul Muhsin al-โUsaymi before actually diving deep into the Muqaddimah itself. Reason being so I can be able to grasp the core ideas from Ibn Khaldun first.
We are also currently studying this book at our university, Sabahattin Zaim in Istanbul.
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโฆ
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New Book!
The Gems of Al Andalus page will start a new initiative in posting newly published books about al-Andalus or from Andalusian authors of the past!
Due to al-Andalus being one one leading places in culture and knowledge of its time, the books will vary in topics.
A new book has been published recently from the top early scholars of Hadith of al-Andalus, Ibn Waddah al-Qurtubi.
It was said that Imam Ibn Waddah and Baqi ibn Khalad were the founders of the school of hadith in al-Andalus.
This book is about the narrators that Imam Ibn Waddah took from in hadith. It is very useful for a student of hadith and a researcher.
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโฆ
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๐ท https://www.instagram.com/gemsofalandalus/
(@gemsofalandalus)
๐ฎTelegram: t.me/GemsofAlAndalus
๐คFacebook: Facebook.com/GemsofAlAndalus
๐ซX: https://x.com/gemsofalandalus/
The Gems of Al Andalus page will start a new initiative in posting newly published books about al-Andalus or from Andalusian authors of the past!
Due to al-Andalus being one one leading places in culture and knowledge of its time, the books will vary in topics.
A new book has been published recently from the top early scholars of Hadith of al-Andalus, Ibn Waddah al-Qurtubi.
It was said that Imam Ibn Waddah and Baqi ibn Khalad were the founders of the school of hadith in al-Andalus.
This book is about the narrators that Imam Ibn Waddah took from in hadith. It is very useful for a student of hadith and a researcher.
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโฆ
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(@gemsofalandalus)
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It was said that this is the cave where Ibn Khaldun wrote his famous book, Al-Muqaddimah.
Dr. Benaouda Bensaid, who is my teacher in Sociology and taught us from the Muqaddimah visited the cave.
Al-Muqaddimah is one of the greatest books ever written on social sciences, cultural history, economics and much more. Many westerners and Muslim scholars till this day quote from Ibn Khaldun due to the importance of the book.
Ibn Khaldun secluded himself in this town of Tiaret in Algeria after keeping himself away from political life. Ibn Khaldun came from a high class Andalusian family who was well known within the political life of Al-Andalus before emigrating to Tunis after the fall of Seville.
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บYouTube: https://youtube.com/c/GemsOfalAndalus
๐ท https://www.instagram.com/gemsofalandalus/
(@gemsofalandalus)
๐ฎTelegram: t.me/GemsofAlAndalus
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๐ซX: https://x.com/gemsofalandalus/
Dr. Benaouda Bensaid, who is my teacher in Sociology and taught us from the Muqaddimah visited the cave.
Al-Muqaddimah is one of the greatest books ever written on social sciences, cultural history, economics and much more. Many westerners and Muslim scholars till this day quote from Ibn Khaldun due to the importance of the book.
Ibn Khaldun secluded himself in this town of Tiaret in Algeria after keeping himself away from political life. Ibn Khaldun came from a high class Andalusian family who was well known within the political life of Al-Andalus before emigrating to Tunis after the fall of Seville.
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บYouTube: https://youtube.com/c/GemsOfalAndalus
๐ท https://www.instagram.com/gemsofalandalus/
(@gemsofalandalus)
๐ฎTelegram: t.me/GemsofAlAndalus
๐คFacebook: Facebook.com/GemsofAlAndalus
๐ซX: https://x.com/gemsofalandalus/
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New Book!
A new book has been published carrying the Andalusian tradition related to medicine and remedies of health issues. This book is considered as one of the first books related to medicine in the Islamic world.
The author, Imam ibn Habib as-Sulami who is one of the great early scholars of al-Andalus and studied under many top scholars of his time such as Imam Abdullah ibn Mubarak.
Topics include the where to do Hijama on the body, benefits of honey, black seed, milk, treatment of headaches, the throat, boils, postpartum bleeding and many other topics.
Ustadh Badr al-Umrani from Morocco is the Muhqiq of this edition and does a good job in Tahqiq.
A new book has been published carrying the Andalusian tradition related to medicine and remedies of health issues. This book is considered as one of the first books related to medicine in the Islamic world.
The author, Imam ibn Habib as-Sulami who is one of the great early scholars of al-Andalus and studied under many top scholars of his time such as Imam Abdullah ibn Mubarak.
Topics include the where to do Hijama on the body, benefits of honey, black seed, milk, treatment of headaches, the throat, boils, postpartum bleeding and many other topics.
Ustadh Badr al-Umrani from Morocco is the Muhqiq of this edition and does a good job in Tahqiq.
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Gems of al-Andalus
New Book! A new book has been published carrying the Andalusian tradition related to medicine and remedies of health issues. This book is considered as one of the first books related to medicine in the Islamic world. The author, Imam ibn Habib as-Sulamiโฆ
I forgot to mention:
The author of this book also wrote Al-Wadhia which is considered one of the โmother booksโ of the Maliki Madhab.
The author of this book also wrote Al-Wadhia which is considered one of the โmother booksโ of the Maliki Madhab.
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Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi:
No calamity is there in the world equal to separation: if the souls of men should flow out of their bodies by reason of it-and much more the tears out of their eyes-it were but little to wonder at.
A certain philosopher, on hearing a man remark that separation was the brother of death, said, โNay, but death is the brother of separationโ.
๐Source: Ring of the Dove
๐ธ Rabat, Bab al-Had, 1440H/2019
No calamity is there in the world equal to separation: if the souls of men should flow out of their bodies by reason of it-and much more the tears out of their eyes-it were but little to wonder at.
A certain philosopher, on hearing a man remark that separation was the brother of death, said, โNay, but death is the brother of separationโ.
๐Source: Ring of the Dove
๐ธ Rabat, Bab al-Had, 1440H/2019
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Between Algeciras, the land of Andalaus and Ceuta, North Africa.
This is the view Andalusian travelers would see in the past before airplanes.
Video taken by brother Samir Benallal
This is the view Andalusian travelers would see in the past before airplanes.
Video taken by brother Samir Benallal
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New book!
A newly published book by Imam and Judge, Mundhir ibn Saโd al-Bulluti al-Andalusi on the explanation of the Mudawana, a collection of legal opinions of the school of Madina as stated by Imam Malik ibn Anas. The book was compiled by Imam Sahnun.
This explanation focuses on being precise on explaining the meanings of difficult words and pointing out any words that common people and scholars might be confused about.
Two researchers from Morocco, Ustadh Abd al-Ghani Idโaykal and Ustadh Anas Salim have taken the job of the Tahqiq of the book. Both of these researchers do a great job in Tahqiq in our time now and are both well known in Morocco.
It is worth mentioning that Imam Mundhir ibn Saโd would give legal judgments and Fatawa based on the Maliki Madhab but in private and by personal choice he was a follower of the Dhahiri Madhab as stated by Ustadh Anas Salim.
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโฆ
A newly published book by Imam and Judge, Mundhir ibn Saโd al-Bulluti al-Andalusi on the explanation of the Mudawana, a collection of legal opinions of the school of Madina as stated by Imam Malik ibn Anas. The book was compiled by Imam Sahnun.
This explanation focuses on being precise on explaining the meanings of difficult words and pointing out any words that common people and scholars might be confused about.
Two researchers from Morocco, Ustadh Abd al-Ghani Idโaykal and Ustadh Anas Salim have taken the job of the Tahqiq of the book. Both of these researchers do a great job in Tahqiq in our time now and are both well known in Morocco.
It is worth mentioning that Imam Mundhir ibn Saโd would give legal judgments and Fatawa based on the Maliki Madhab but in private and by personal choice he was a follower of the Dhahiri Madhab as stated by Ustadh Anas Salim.
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโฆ
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William Shakespeare:
"Every curious traveler keeps Granada in his heart, even without having visited it".
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโฆ
"Every curious traveler keeps Granada in his heart, even without having visited it".
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโฆ
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New book!
A newly published book from Imam Ibn Tarkath, one of the scholars of al-Andalus who was a judge in the city of Almerรญa, southern modern day Spain.
This book is a collection of Maliki fiqh legal rulings dealing with the affairs of Al-Andalus of the 8th century.
Imam ibn Tarkath compiled the legal rulings of a number of different Maliki scholars in this book such as from the famous scholar, Imam Abu Ishaq ash-Shatibi.
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโฆ
A newly published book from Imam Ibn Tarkath, one of the scholars of al-Andalus who was a judge in the city of Almerรญa, southern modern day Spain.
This book is a collection of Maliki fiqh legal rulings dealing with the affairs of Al-Andalus of the 8th century.
Imam ibn Tarkath compiled the legal rulings of a number of different Maliki scholars in this book such as from the famous scholar, Imam Abu Ishaq ash-Shatibi.
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐๐
๐บ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโฆ
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Gems of al-Andalus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7R4XJlCbbc&list=WL&index=7
A really nice tour around Seville from Ustadh Adnan Rashid. Check it out.