Javi Albarrán 🍉
@jalbarran.bsky.social
Loving husband, proud father and passionate historian of the Medieval Islamic West at the University of Granada. Living the Albayzin. Writing on the loss of al-Andalus, Crusades in al-Andalus, jihad, Andalusi Christians, Andalusi memory... Antifascist.
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Javi Albarrán 🍉
@jalbarran.bsky.social
· Nov 17
DISSEMINATING AL-ANDALUS
Check out "Al-Andalus y la Historia", an online free journal with the voices of experts such as M. Fierro, B. Catlos, A. García-Sanjuán, E. Cardoso, S. Kimmel, J. Bellver, G. Wiegers and much more
New English section thanks to Ann Christys.
www.alandalusylahistoria.com
Check out "Al-Andalus y la Historia", an online free journal with the voices of experts such as M. Fierro, B. Catlos, A. García-Sanjuán, E. Cardoso, S. Kimmel, J. Bellver, G. Wiegers and much more
New English section thanks to Ann Christys.
www.alandalusylahistoria.com
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My last paper aims to explore the relationships between natural disasters and socio-political events in the Andalusi and Maghribi worlds, situating them within a wider Mediterranean pattern that offers a cross-cultural dialogue on the politics of environmental meaning
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
My last paper aims to explore the relationships between natural disasters and socio-political events in the Andalusi and Maghribi worlds, situating them within a wider Mediterranean pattern that offers a cross-cultural dialogue on the politics of environmental meaning
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
My last paper aims to explore the relationships between natural disasters and socio-political events in the Andalusi and Maghribi worlds, situating them within a wider Mediterranean pattern that offers a cross-cultural dialogue on the politics of environmental meaning
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
My last paper aims to explore the relationships between natural disasters and socio-political events in the Andalusi and Maghribi worlds, situating them within a wider Mediterranean pattern that offers a cross-cultural dialogue on the politics of environmental meaning
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
Tomorrow we'll have the pleasure of welcoming Amira Bennison (UCambridge) to Granada. She will speak about the history of the Maghreb through its cities. The lecture can also be followed online via YouTube
www.youtube.com/live/ePPGE9P...
#Maghreb
#Granada
@casaarabe.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/ePPGE9P...
#Maghreb
#Granada
@casaarabe.bsky.social
Aula Árabe 7.3. The history of Morocco through its cities
YouTube video by Casa Árabe
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Tomorrow we'll have the pleasure of welcoming Amira Bennison (UCambridge) to Granada. She will speak about the history of the Maghreb through its cities. The lecture can also be followed online via YouTube
www.youtube.com/live/ePPGE9P...
#Maghreb
#Granada
@casaarabe.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/ePPGE9P...
#Maghreb
#Granada
@casaarabe.bsky.social
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“Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif have been able to tell their own people’s story directly to the world. And Israel is methodically killing them for it, while many of their Western colleagues and international journalistic institutions remain shamefully silent”— my latest @theguardian.com
Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi
This hypocrisy of western media has been laid bare by Israel’s targeting of journalists since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif have been able to tell their own people’s story directly to the world. And Israel is methodically killing them for it, while many of their Western colleagues and international journalistic institutions remain shamefully silent”— my latest @theguardian.com
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The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine pointed to 'an unprecedented assault on the churches of the Holy Land' in Palestine.
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
Israeli attacks on Palestine churches part of campaign to eradicate Christian presence’
The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine pointed to 'an unprecedented assault on the churches of the Holy Land' in Palestine.
www.newarab.com
August 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine pointed to 'an unprecedented assault on the churches of the Holy Land' in Palestine.
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
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🕯️ Cerramos la noche con este bluit:
“Os encomiendo Palestina y a su gente”.
Reproducimos el testamento de Anas Al-Sharif, periodista de Al Jazeera asesinado por Israel en Gaza. Un grito contra el olvido
“Os encomiendo Palestina y a su gente”.
Reproducimos el testamento de Anas Al-Sharif, periodista de Al Jazeera asesinado por Israel en Gaza. Un grito contra el olvido
“Os encomiendo Palestina y a su gente, a sus niños que nunca tuvieron tiempo de soñar”
Israel ha asesinado a cinco periodistas de Al Jazeera en un ataque selectivo, entre ellos a Anas Al-Sharif, de 28 años, que había sido señalado por el ejército. Reproducimos íntegramente su testamento
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August 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🕯️ Cerramos la noche con este bluit:
“Os encomiendo Palestina y a su gente”.
Reproducimos el testamento de Anas Al-Sharif, periodista de Al Jazeera asesinado por Israel en Gaza. Un grito contra el olvido
“Os encomiendo Palestina y a su gente”.
Reproducimos el testamento de Anas Al-Sharif, periodista de Al Jazeera asesinado por Israel en Gaza. Un grito contra el olvido
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Today is the day Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his security cabinet to agree to his Final Solution on Gaza.
Mark it down. This the day the world turned away.
#Gaza #GazaGenocide
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Mark it down. This the day the world turned away.
#Gaza #GazaGenocide
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Netanyahu is pushing Israel's security cabinet to pass his annihilation order | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Today is the day Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his security cabinet to agree to his Final Solution on Gaza.
Mark it down. This the day the world turned away.
#Gaza #GazaGenocide
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Mark it down. This the day the world turned away.
#Gaza #GazaGenocide
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
On the Lisbon coast reading about anti-fascism and the Spanish Civil War in the Arab world, with the fantastic "Moros contra Franco" by Marc Almodóvar and Andreu Rosés
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
August 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
On the Lisbon coast reading about anti-fascism and the Spanish Civil War in the Arab world, with the fantastic "Moros contra Franco" by Marc Almodóvar and Andreu Rosés
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
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My new piece on the so-called «Mozarabs» and the fate of the Christians of al-Andalus.
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
August 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My new piece on the so-called «Mozarabs» and the fate of the Christians of al-Andalus.
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
My new piece on the so-called «Mozarabs» and the fate of the Christians of al-Andalus.
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
August 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My new piece on the so-called «Mozarabs» and the fate of the Christians of al-Andalus.
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
July 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reposted by Javi Albarrán 🍉
Women were forbidden to have amorous relations with men of another religion, to have children with a man of another religion, or to breastfeed a child of another religion; they were forbidden to share meals, feasts, or duels. But did they comply with these rules?
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
April 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Women were forbidden to have amorous relations with men of another religion, to have children with a man of another religion, or to breastfeed a child of another religion; they were forbidden to share meals, feasts, or duels. But did they comply with these rules?
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
Women were forbidden to have amorous relations with men of another religion, to have children with a man of another religion, or to breastfeed a child of another religion; they were forbidden to share meals, feasts, or duels. But did they comply with these rules?
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
April 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Women were forbidden to have amorous relations with men of another religion, to have children with a man of another religion, or to breastfeed a child of another religion; they were forbidden to share meals, feasts, or duels. But did they comply with these rules?
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
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Andalusi ham. Another way of understanding intercultural relations. Trevélez (Alpujarras, Granada) 😋
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
April 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Andalusi ham. Another way of understanding intercultural relations. Trevélez (Alpujarras, Granada) 😋
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
Andalusi ham. Another way of understanding intercultural relations. Trevélez (Alpujarras, Granada) 😋
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
April 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Andalusi ham. Another way of understanding intercultural relations. Trevélez (Alpujarras, Granada) 😋
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
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A Spain of Moorish blood: the Right and the Arab-Berber heritage
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
April 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A Spain of Moorish blood: the Right and the Arab-Berber heritage
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
A Spain of Moorish blood: the Right and the Arab-Berber heritage
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
April 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A Spain of Moorish blood: the Right and the Arab-Berber heritage
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
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The archaeological site of Mesas de Villaverde (Málaga) with its church carved in stone. It is associated -although this is not completely confirmed- with Bobastro, the place from which, between the 9th-10th centuries, Umar b. Hafsun challenged the Umayyad emirate of Cordoba
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
March 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The archaeological site of Mesas de Villaverde (Málaga) with its church carved in stone. It is associated -although this is not completely confirmed- with Bobastro, the place from which, between the 9th-10th centuries, Umar b. Hafsun challenged the Umayyad emirate of Cordoba
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
The archaeological site of Mesas de Villaverde (Málaga) with its church carved in stone. It is associated -although this is not completely confirmed- with Bobastro, the place from which, between the 9th-10th centuries, Umar b. Hafsun challenged the Umayyad emirate of Cordoba
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
March 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The archaeological site of Mesas de Villaverde (Málaga) with its church carved in stone. It is associated -although this is not completely confirmed- with Bobastro, the place from which, between the 9th-10th centuries, Umar b. Hafsun challenged the Umayyad emirate of Cordoba
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
March 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reposted by Javi Albarrán 🍉
The Gate of Justice of the Alhambra, 1348. The hand on the keystone of the arch of the façade and the key on the keystone of the entrance arch stand in contrast to the image of the Virgin and Child, placed by the Catholic Monarchs over the foundational Arabic inscription
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
March 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Gate of Justice of the Alhambra, 1348. The hand on the keystone of the arch of the façade and the key on the keystone of the entrance arch stand in contrast to the image of the Virgin and Child, placed by the Catholic Monarchs over the foundational Arabic inscription
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
The Gate of Justice of the Alhambra, 1348. The hand on the keystone of the arch of the façade and the key on the keystone of the entrance arch stand in contrast to the image of the Virgin and Child, placed by the Catholic Monarchs over the foundational Arabic inscription
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
March 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Gate of Justice of the Alhambra, 1348. The hand on the keystone of the arch of the façade and the key on the keystone of the entrance arch stand in contrast to the image of the Virgin and Child, placed by the Catholic Monarchs over the foundational Arabic inscription
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
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Nuestra compañera, Alicia Hernández Robles publica el artículo "Alojarse en un funduq en al-Andalus", donde podréis indagar acerca de este sitio al que recurrian los viajeros y comerciantes en busca de alojamiento y seguridad.
Os dejamos el enlace al artículo: www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5249
Os dejamos el enlace al artículo: www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5249
March 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Nuestra compañera, Alicia Hernández Robles publica el artículo "Alojarse en un funduq en al-Andalus", donde podréis indagar acerca de este sitio al que recurrian los viajeros y comerciantes en busca de alojamiento y seguridad.
Os dejamos el enlace al artículo: www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5249
Os dejamos el enlace al artículo: www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5249
Reposted by Javi Albarrán 🍉
Next week in Valencia, talking about Jerusalem and the Islamic response to the Crusades. You are all invited!
#medievalsky
#crusades
#medievalsky
#crusades
March 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Next week in Valencia, talking about Jerusalem and the Islamic response to the Crusades. You are all invited!
#medievalsky
#crusades
#medievalsky
#crusades
Next week in Valencia, talking about Jerusalem and the Islamic response to the Crusades. You are all invited!
#medievalsky
#crusades
#medievalsky
#crusades
March 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Next week in Valencia, talking about Jerusalem and the Islamic response to the Crusades. You are all invited!
#medievalsky
#crusades
#medievalsky
#crusades