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A tour of the Cordoba of the caliphs with Wallada

March 27, 20217:00 p.m.
CORDOBA
Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). 7:00 p.m. Prior registration required. SOLD OUT
In Spanish.

On Saturday, March 27, we will once again pay tribute to the memorable poetess Walled Bina al-Mustakfi by taking a tour from Casa árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba to the Arrabal de Saqunda. SOLD OUT.  


Wallada bint al-Mustakfi died in Cordoba on March 26, 1091, coinciding with the Almoravids’ entry into the city. On the occasion of the 930th anniversary of her disappearance and the twenty-first anniversary of the publication of Wallada, the Last Moon, Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba and Matilde Cabello are once again paying tribute to the famous Umayyad poetess by recreating the poems and life of this famous princess with a walk through the spaces in Caliphal Cordoba that inspired her first novelized biography in the year 2000: 

“I am made, by God, for glory, and I walk proud on my own path. I give power to my lover upon my cheek. And I walk proudly through my own destiny. So stated the verses carved in yellow coal on my shoulders when I, Wallada the Umayyad, was already known as The Sappho of Cordoba and the poet Ibn Zaydun immortalized me in his verses. (...) If one day you go to Marrakesh and bare the soles of your feet in any of its mosques, remember me in front of the mihrab and ask the musicians and the snake charmers of Jemaa-el-Fnaa to celebrate the moon on my behalf. Thank him in this way for his farewell and let him know that my body rests forever in the Arrabal of Shacunda on the other shore of Wadi al-Quebir. Tell him what Cordoba is like since I last there dwelled, and tell him that from there I shall wait every night to see it drawn over the minaret of the Great Mosque.”

The tour will be taking place on Saturday, March 27 at 7:00 p.m. In order to participate, you must register in advance by following this link. The number of people who may take part is greatly reduced, and mask use is required throughout the entire walk. The decision on whether to hold this activity in person will depend upon the current health situation. Thank you for your patience.