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Women, too, fought in the Alpujarras
October 16, 20147.00 pm
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62)
7.00 pm
Free entrance until the event’s capacity is reached
Round table discussion on women and jihad on the Iberian Peninsula in the sixteenth century
Casa Árabe and the “Encuentro al-Liqá” University Association for Cooperation are organizing this event, which includes the participation of Delfina Serrano Ruano, a researcher at the CSIC’s Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and Near East (Madrid); Cristina de la Puente González, also a researcher of the CSIC’s Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and Near East (Madrid); Soha Abboud, a professor of the Department of Arab and Islamic Studies at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and Mario de la Torre, a researcher of Comparative Literature at the University of Granada and the author of the theatrical text “Sacrificio.”
The round table discussion will be will be presented by Elena González, Casa Árabe’s Programming Coordinator, and moderated by María Teresa Gonzalez Santos, president of the “Encuentro al-Liqá” University Association for Cooperation and a political scientist who is an expert on Arab politics and societies from the University of Granada.
The presentation of the theatrical text “Sacrificio,” which gives a voice to the Muslim women who took part in the War of the Alpujarras in the sixteenth century, will be the starting point for holding a debate over the role of women in armed conflicts and their right to self-defense, as well as on jihad and the existence of these matters in Islamic jurisprudence.
The work “Sacrificio,” published by the “Encuentro al-Liqá” University Association for Cooperation, revisits events during the War of the Alpujarras in the sixteenth century and the expulsion of the Moriscos from the Kingdom of Granada. It is a play based on the scientific article "Women and Jihad on the Iberian Peninsula: a matter of honor, pride and self-defense," by María Magdalena Martínez Almira, a tenured professor of Legal History at the University of Alicante. Adaptation of the original text was completed by Mario de la Torre, a film director and screenwriter. The interest aroused by this topic has led to the work’s translation into French by Marie-Evelyne Le Poder, a professor of the School of Translation and Interpretation at the University of Granada.
Round table discussion information sheet
The round table discussion will be will be presented by Elena González, Casa Árabe’s Programming Coordinator, and moderated by María Teresa Gonzalez Santos, president of the “Encuentro al-Liqá” University Association for Cooperation and a political scientist who is an expert on Arab politics and societies from the University of Granada.
The presentation of the theatrical text “Sacrificio,” which gives a voice to the Muslim women who took part in the War of the Alpujarras in the sixteenth century, will be the starting point for holding a debate over the role of women in armed conflicts and their right to self-defense, as well as on jihad and the existence of these matters in Islamic jurisprudence.
The work “Sacrificio,” published by the “Encuentro al-Liqá” University Association for Cooperation, revisits events during the War of the Alpujarras in the sixteenth century and the expulsion of the Moriscos from the Kingdom of Granada. It is a play based on the scientific article "Women and Jihad on the Iberian Peninsula: a matter of honor, pride and self-defense," by María Magdalena Martínez Almira, a tenured professor of Legal History at the University of Alicante. Adaptation of the original text was completed by Mario de la Torre, a film director and screenwriter. The interest aroused by this topic has led to the work’s translation into French by Marie-Evelyne Le Poder, a professor of the School of Translation and Interpretation at the University of Granada.
Round table discussion information sheet
