The Roles of Extraordinary Women of Andalusia Muslim women have the same rights as men and they have to fulfill and attain the same duties of worship such as prayer, zikr, give money to the poor, fasting, and make pilgrimage to Mecca the holy place. In the pre-Islamic era, the Jahiliya era, women were not allowed to do anything, they had no rights. Women from the Bedioun tribes had no legal status whatsoever. The fathers forced their daughters to get married for money and also, many fathers infanticide
Mahatma Gandhi once stated that “A nations culture resides in the hearts and souls of its people” This holds evident in the European country of Spain. Spain is a country of long time tradition in which people work hard to continue on with a culture they created long ago. Spain is a very colorfully cultured country with many famous and important traditions one of which is, the art of flamenco dancing. Flamenco, a bequilling mix of guitar, song and dance forged by the ancient Andulucia Gypsies. Its
specifically within Andalusia. This period in time proved that coexistence between these faiths is more than possible, and provided an example for futures relations. There are many reasons why Andalusia was so successful, and contributing factors could include; policies relating to Christians and Jews under the rule of the Umayyad Dynasty, the school of translation in Toledo, and other academic and philosophical interests and push for education, which all resulted in coexistence in Andalusia, otherwise known
The creation of Islam in AD 662 spread very widely within a century and brought on a “whole cultural phenomenon”. Muslims contribute to knowledge through the creation and addition of Arabic numerals, positional notation, algebra, calculations in astronomy, medical analyses, and new poetry techniques. Islam contributions to design are “distinctive, richly colorful, and highly imaginative.” (Newton 30) The militant Arabs took over Syria, and then took over Egypt in AD 640. Sixty years later they
Spain has always been a melting pot of ethnicity and culture. From the Celts and Visigoths that came from the north to the Africans and Arabs from the south to the Romans from the East, empires, kingdoms, and tribes all over the world have recognized and tried to take advantage of the benefits of Spain. War, conquest, and reconquest are frequent throughout the entire history of Spain, and the history of Moors in Spain is no exception. It began in the year 711 when the Moors first crossed over to
The culture of Spain is very diverse and lively. It is filled with beautiful colors like the dresses of the Flamenco dancers, or the decorations in the late-night fiestas. Last year my school had a foreign exchange student from a little island off the coast of Spain. Her name was María. She told us all about the crystal blue water that surrounded her island, and the fiestas her and her friends and family would go to until 3 A.M. Spain is a beautiful country, and this paper will explain its most important
The Difficulties of Being a Guiri in Spain I am leaving Spain with a multitude of new memories, experiences, perspectives and friendships. I want to call attention to the things that made my trip so wonderful and memorable, but I also want to mention some things that I regret. Being a personal reflection, it would be wrong of me to only focus on the positives of this experience, when there were also a few negatives and bumps in the road that affected my time here. I learned so much about myself,
Beig, “Al-Andalus is referred to the territory occupied by the Muslim empire in Southern Spain, which refer to the cities of Almeria, Malaga, Cadiz, Huelva, Seville, Cordoba, Jaen and Granada” (p.1). The moors gradually claimed control over the whole of the peninsula but this in turn sparked the Christian Reconquest Covadonga in 722AD. For the next four hundred years the Christians and Muslims fought against each other trying to capture then conquer different areas within the Peninsula. Then finally
The city of Granada, Spain was the last Muslim shelter in Spain, in this way assuming a tremendous part in the period of investigation. Ferdinand and Isabella, Spanish rulers, determined the issues by reconquering the domains. In 1492, Granada fell totally under Spanish control. In any case, it was then that Columbus' voyage would turn into a reality rather than only a dream. The Granada Cathedral is Spain's unique Renaissance church. The church is the seat of the Archdiocese of Granada. As proof
Mezquita De Córdoba The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba represents the many cultural changes the city of Córdoba and the areas around it have gone through. It has stood in the center of the city for over a millennium, and it doesn’t look like it will fall anytime soon. It covers over 24,000 square meters (about 250,000 square feet), and is 9 meters tall at its lowest and 30 meters tall at its highest. The Cathedral of Córdoba is officially called The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, but it was