Month: November 2012

The Alhambra in the literature: a literary myth from Moorish until nowadays

From the texts of the Moors to present day Arabic authors such as Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf and the Iraqi poets Al-Bayati and Syrian Nizar Qabbani, Muslim artists (and Christian ones as well) were inspired by the inexhaustible beauty of the symbols enclosed within the palaces and gardens of Granada’s Alhambra. That is how it […]