Window To The Crescent Moon
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A bridge to know where…
A single image. A final destination in Andalusia before the deep dive. A simple association with a popular HBO series. All it took to prompt a day trip to Cordoba. Continue reading
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House hunters international…
Unlike my long-suffering travel companion, as far as books are concerned, I am not a big fan of fantasy fiction. I have yet to pin down exactly why. I have read most of the Harry Potter series and even started JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit. As well written as some of these books are, somewhere around Continue reading
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In a Ronda-bout fashion…
In the first chapter of his Tales of the Alhambra, Washington Irving captures the essence of the Andalusian countryside. Many are apt to picture Spain to their imaginations as a soft southern region, decked out with all the luxuriant charms of voluptuous Italy. On the contrary, though there are exceptions in some of the maritime Continue reading
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A vision of Jannah…
Jannah (“Paradise” in Arabic), the equivalent of Heaven in the Christian tradition, is beautifully captured in Surah (“Chapter”) 55 of the holy book of Islam, the Quran. The recurring themes are clearly water, nature, and repose. Continue reading
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A tale of The Alhambra…
I am hard pressed to describe the magnificence of The Alhambra. It is my romantic dream of Arabia come to life. The right words still allude me even after having read “Tales of the Alhambra” by American writer Washington Irving (author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle) before our trip in Continue reading
