Out and about in the barrio #Albaicín, late spring.

#Granada #Andalucia #Spain

In a couple of weeks, I'm going on a guided tour though several cities of the former al-Andalus with about 50 fellow #Muslimahs. The sponsoring org is #Qalam of #Texas.

We start out in #Sevilla, then on to #Córdoba, #Granada (yes, I live here lol), and #Toledo. I think there's another city in there somewhere.

I could probably have found an English speaking guide for myself here in #Spain . But I think the group aspect of it will be a real blessing (and a challenge) in some ways.

Anyway, that is a LOT of #Hijabis in one place!

#Islam #Andalucía #MuslimHistory #IslamicHistory #Caliphates #Ummah

I love praying at #Mosques in tourist hotspots. Today at #Dhuhr time, Guyana, Morocco, Canada, Spain, and the United States were all repped in the women's section.

#Granada #Islam #Ummah

Gracias @PacoCuenca por todo tu trabajo y esfuerzo, has sido él mejor alcalde que puede tener Granada, lo bien hecho hay queda🌹🌹🌹
RT @PacoCuenca: Hoy es día de agradecer a todas las personas que han trabajado por hacer esta #Granada mejor. Han sido muchos logros y mucho trabajo en un tiempo muy corto. Sin el compromiso y el tesón de tanta gente hubiera sido imposible. Pocas palabras hay que lo puedan resumir mejor: GRACIAS https://t.co/KoZQx0sLRa

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ClaraAguilera7/status/1663116144197222400

The Little Mermaid is opening in #Granada this weekend... and there's a showing with original voices!

Voice #Dubbing for #Films in theatrical release is the norm in Spain and Italy and I loathe it. But there's so much imported from #Hollywood and elsewhere that they've had to allow for nondubbed films. I am no fan of the #Disney machine, but I make exceptions sometimes, especially when Melissa McCarthy and Javier Bardem have starring roles.

The story of The Little Mermaid, someone who changes her outside appearance at great cost for the love of a human, is rather on point for me and many others with #EatingDisorders.

#Cinema #TheLittleMermaid #HansChristianAndersen

While the older gravesites at the #Granada #Rauda are not marked, newer graves reflect a Western influence, with more elaborate headstones and cement borders. People buried here recently come from all over the world; Syria is one common place of origin.

#Burials #BurialPractices #Cemeteries #Islam

Unsurprisingly, there's a whole new section of gravesites at the #Granada #Rauda whose headstones note dates of death in 2020, 2021, and 2022. #Spain was hit hard by #COVID.

One of the 20th century's best known translators of and commentators on the #Quran is buried in the #Granada#Rauda. This is Muhammad Asad, formerly Leopold Weiss, the son of a #Jewish barrister and grandson of an orthodox rabbi, born in Poland.

He was a journalist who, after travels in the #MENA region where he struck up a friendship with the #Sauds, reverted to #Islam. He then went to #Pakistan for a while where he worked to help create an #Islamic state.

His translation of and commentary on the Quran, "The Message of the Quran," was published in 1980. You can find it in hardcover and, guess what, there's a lovely app available for Apple and probably Android too.

He spent his last years in #Spain. Fortunately for us he wrote an autobiography, "The Road to Mecca," which is well worth your time.

See alt text for more detail on the gravesite.

https://sufism.org/origins/quran-islam/the-legacy-of-muhammad-asad-2

#Translations #Tafsir #QuranicStudies #Converts #Reverts #Muslims

Buried in the #Rauda of #Granada are several #Moroccans who served under #Franco in the #Spanish Civil War. Unsurprisingly, after they served him faithfully, Franco cut them loose to languish after a few years in power.

Lest anyone be horrified by the lack of Working Class Solidarity, there is a centuries-long history of Christians and Muslims collaborating in unexpected ways in wars in this part of the world, depending on who was in power (and who was about not to be).

I believe these gravesites, which are unmarked in the traditional Moroccan manner, are where these men were laid to rest. I hope to confirm this someday Insha Allah.

See alt text for more info on why these sites look so short!

Also check out this podcast on the Moroccans who served under Franco.

#Maghrib #Andalucia #Spain #Burial #BurialPractices

https://historiaspodcast.org/2020/12/07/moroccans-in-the-spanish-civil-war/

The #Rauda, or #Muslim #Cemetery of #Granada, was closed completely during the Franco era. It officially reopened for visits and new burials in 2009 thanks to the perseverance of the Muslim community of Granada. It's up the hill apiece from the main city cemetery.

I visited yesterday and I'm hoping to be buried there myself someday Insha Allah.

I've been told that the #Muslims who settled in Granada brought cypress trees with them from Africa and Arabia (and possibly Damascus). The height and grandeur of the trees are said to have reminded them of #Allah SWT.

#Burial #BurialPractices #Cemeteries #Islam

Waiting for the #Adan for #Eid salat in #Granada this morning.

The community of the #Mezquita de #Granada joins to make #Eid salat on Olive Hill this morning.

#Islam #Andalucia #Spain #Ramadan

I love hearing about different #Ramadan #Iftar food traditions. Here in #Granada, the mosques serve #Harira and other Moroccan specialties, like flatbread of various types.

In #Morocco itself there are free soup lines on the street around the time of #Maghrib, or sunset prayer.

#Soup

https://tasteofmaroc.com/moroccan-harira-soup-recipe/

The #Fruterías here are so appealing and many of the owners help make them that way.

#PinosGenil #SierraNevada #Andalucia #Granada #Spain #MomAndPopStores

The #UAE, a #Muslim majority country, is fortifying scientific exploration in #Granada, one of the two historic hearts of the medieval intellectual powerhouse of #Al-Andalus.

It's an #AI initiative, about which one might rightly be very unsure, but the movement of resources and intellectual capital from the Muslim world back to the #Iberian peninsula is noteworthy.

#Spain #Andalucia

https://www.ideal.es/granada/agencia-emiratos-granada-empezara-funcionar-2024-20230322181111-nt.html#vli=su_plant-c-carta_4-1&vca=1001-100-diaria_manana_granada_0160&vso=nw&vmc=diaria_manana_granada_0160&vus=7675e968782b44a59edd0daac5252ac6

RT @IFMIF_DONES: 🎥 Con este vídeo recordamos el decisivo 'DONES Steering Committee' celebrado en #Granada el pasado jueves.

🤝 El éxito de la reunión se debió a la implicación de numerosas administraciones: @CienciaGob @AndaluciaJunta @CIEMAT_OPI @CanalUGR @aytogr y Ayto. de Escúzar.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/linagalvezmunoz/status/1637838794983448577

RT @IFMIF_DONES: 1️⃣5️⃣ 🇪🇺countries, 🇯🇵 and 3️⃣ intern. org. will participate in #Granada in the 1 meeting of the highest governing body of the DONES Programme.

👆#DONES_SC:🇩🇪🇦🇹🇧🇪 🇭🇷 🇸🇮 🇸🇰 🇪🇸🇫🇮🇫🇷🇭🇺🇮🇹🇯🇵🇱🇻🇱🇹🇨🇿🇷🇴
+ @Euratom_supply @FusionInCloseUp @fusionforenergy

👉https://ifmif-dones.es/dones-updates/representatives-from-15-countries-of-the-european-union-japan-euratom-eurofusion-and-f4e-will-meet-in-granada-to-form-the-governing-body-of-the-dones-programme/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/fusionforenergy/status/1636303251615170560

Off to the #Albaicin today to visit the lovely #Mosque that was the focus of my reversion this time last (#Islamic) year. Def taking the good phone today with its good camera today Insha Allah. #Granada #Spain

#Flamenco music in #Sacromonte for me tonight, God willing.

A lot of these shows are way too late at night for me, but a 9 pm showtime should be ok, at least for an hour.

I'll take the good phone and shoot some video Insha Allah.

#Granada #Andalucia #Spain

RT @mapagob: El ministro @LuisPlanas resalta la gran vocación exportadora del espárrago verde de #Granada
➡️https://bit.ly/3T2NAaI

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LuisPlanas/status/1634075604914978816