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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · Aug 16

“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

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · Aug 16

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-...

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

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CTXT @ctxt.es · Aug 15

🕯️ 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, 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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Dr Gina van Raphael @aliagvr.bsky.social · Aug 7

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...

Netanyahu is pushing Israel's security cabinet to pass his annihilation order | Opinion

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www.haaretz.com

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Aug 5

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

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Aug 1

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

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Aug 1

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

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Jul 6

Arabic inscriptions in Norman buildings. Palermo, Sicily

#Arabic
#Normans
#Sicily

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Apr 15

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

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Apr 15

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

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Apr 7

Andalusi ham. Another way of understanding intercultural relations. Trevélez (Alpujarras, Granada) 😋

#Al-Andalus
#Granada

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Apr 7

Andalusi ham. Another way of understanding intercultural relations. Trevélez (Alpujarras, Granada) 😋

#Al-Andalus
#Granada

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Apr 4

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

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Apr 4

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

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Mar 30

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

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Mar 30

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

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Mar 28

Ataifor of Benetusser, Valencia. 11th century. Madinat al-Zahra' style
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Mar 27

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

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Mar 27

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

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MEMOLab UGR @memolabugr.bsky.social · Mar 23

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

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Mar 21

Next week in Valencia, talking about Jerusalem and the Islamic response to the Crusades. You are all invited!

#medievalsky
#crusades

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Mar 21

Next week in Valencia, talking about Jerusalem and the Islamic response to the Crusades. You are all invited!

#medievalsky
#crusades

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Mar 10

Today in Madrid, talking about emotions and war in the Islamic Mediterranean

#medievalsky

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Mar 6

The so-called minaret of S. Juan de los Caballeros (Cordoba) belonged to an small Umayyad mosque probably built in the early 9th c. al-Andalus. After the Christian conquest of the city (1236), the building was donated to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, transforming it into a church
#medievalsky

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · Mar 6

The so-called minaret of S. Juan de los Caballeros (Cordoba) belonged to an small Umayyad mosque probably built in the early 9th c. al-Andalus. After the Christian conquest of the city (1236), the building was donated to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, transforming it into a church
#medievalsky

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