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Granada (trilogy)

By Radwa Ashour

جرناطة (ثلاثية)

Radwa Ashour's trilogy on a family in post-conquest Granada — the Moriscos and a forbidden culture; the finest Arabic fiction on al-Andalus's end.

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1980199020002010

LiteratureMuslim minorities under non-Muslim rule

Overview

The trilogy by Radwa Ashour (1994–1995) about al-Andalus after the fall of Granada: a Morisco family across three generations between staying, leaving and resistance, from the catastrophe of 1492 to the burning of books in the squares of Granada. 1

Legacy

Among the best-known Arabic novels about al-Andalus; it rewrote the Andalusian tragedy in the voices of women and workers, not only of kings. 1

People and things also explored

Aljamia (aljamiado: Spanish written in Arabic script, and its literature)· Babri Masjid· Integration and identity (al-indimaj wa-l-huwiyya)· The contemporary Islamic discourse — maturity versus reactivity· al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Patriotism, nationalism and Arabness — the boundary with Islam· Arab naming of children after plants· The wise sayings attributed to Ali

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  1. Wikidata
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Aljamia (aljamiado: Spanish written in Arabic script, and its literature)

Aljamia is the Spanish form of the Arabic al-'ajamiyya ('non-Arabic'), a term the Muslims of al-Andalus used for the Romance dialects of their northern neighbours, dialects coloured with Arabisms introduced from the 9th century by Mozarab emigrants. In the later Middle Ages the word came to mean Spanish written in Arabic script, and the literature in that script is called aljamiado.