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Second themed tour: “Indelible marks left behind in Cordoba: The women of Al-Andalus”
May 16, 202610:30 a.m.
CORDO
Tour starting point: Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
10:30 a.m.
Prior registration required.
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We will be hosting this themed tour on Saturday, May 1 as part of Cordoba’s Festival of Courtyards, in which Casa Árabe is participating as a “non-competing courtyard.” During the tour, we will get the chance to learn about a number of key female figures in the history of Cordoba and the social, cultural, political and economic contributions they made. Sign up and join us on the tour!
The tour, guided by Inmaculada Serrano Hernández, will combine the biographies of these women with the inestimable legacy they left behind: their strides towards equality, turned into indelible marks left behind on Cordoba. These are women who stood out individually, including: Lubna, Shifa, Ayab, Soraya, Muryán, Zayda, Subh Umm Wallad, Tarub, Aixa and Wallada...
We will also learn about various trades unique to women, which were crucial to the enrichment of Cordoba in every realm of life (social, cultural, political, etc.), as these women worked as copyists, secretaries, musicians and singers, poets, seamstresses, and weavers, in addition to playing other roles.
For this tour, we will be visiting several different sites, all linked to these women’s lives, many of which are iconic landmarks in our city’s historical heritage. Starting at Casa Árabe, we will visit the Rey Heredia Cultural Center (former Convent of Santa Clara), Calle Alfayatas, the Sabat Gate and the Caliphate Baths, ending next to the Statue of the Lovers in the Campo Santo de los Mártires.
Inmaculada Serrano Hernández
An Arabist and teacher of Language and Literature at San Álvaro High School in Cordoba, since 2007, after completing her studies in Arabic, she has led countless gender-focused tours on the history of women in Cordoba from the first century ADto the present day. She has also taken part in conferences organized by various entities, including Casa Árabe in Cordoba, the Medina Azahara Heritage Site, the Andalusian Institute for Women, the Cordoba City Council’s House of Equality, the Cordoba Teacher Training Center, the Cordoba Provincial Library and the Almodóvar del Río Athenaeum.
She carries out activities to promote the history of women in Cordoba, with a
special focus on women in Al-Andalus. In 2016, she participated in the White Night of Flamenco (a show featuring flamenco music in Arabic and Spanish). In 2017, she took part in the dance and poetry show “Atiraf al-Andalus” as a storyteller in Arabic. In 2018, she created the tours on the website mujerescallescordoba.es with the cooperation of the Cordoba Teachers’ Association (CEP) of Cordoba and the Cordoba City Council. In 2020, she contributed to a book that forms part of an album by La Banda Morisca titled “Gitana mora.”
We will also learn about various trades unique to women, which were crucial to the enrichment of Cordoba in every realm of life (social, cultural, political, etc.), as these women worked as copyists, secretaries, musicians and singers, poets, seamstresses, and weavers, in addition to playing other roles.
For this tour, we will be visiting several different sites, all linked to these women’s lives, many of which are iconic landmarks in our city’s historical heritage. Starting at Casa Árabe, we will visit the Rey Heredia Cultural Center (former Convent of Santa Clara), Calle Alfayatas, the Sabat Gate and the Caliphate Baths, ending next to the Statue of the Lovers in the Campo Santo de los Mártires.
Inmaculada Serrano Hernández
An Arabist and teacher of Language and Literature at San Álvaro High School in Cordoba, since 2007, after completing her studies in Arabic, she has led countless gender-focused tours on the history of women in Cordoba from the first century ADto the present day. She has also taken part in conferences organized by various entities, including Casa Árabe in Cordoba, the Medina Azahara Heritage Site, the Andalusian Institute for Women, the Cordoba City Council’s House of Equality, the Cordoba Teacher Training Center, the Cordoba Provincial Library and the Almodóvar del Río Athenaeum.
She carries out activities to promote the history of women in Cordoba, with a
special focus on women in Al-Andalus. In 2016, she participated in the White Night of Flamenco (a show featuring flamenco music in Arabic and Spanish). In 2017, she took part in the dance and poetry show “Atiraf al-Andalus” as a storyteller in Arabic. In 2018, she created the tours on the website mujerescallescordoba.es with the cooperation of the Cordoba Teachers’ Association (CEP) of Cordoba and the Cordoba City Council. In 2020, she contributed to a book that forms part of an album by La Banda Morisca titled “Gitana mora.”
Morayma. Work loaned by artist Carmen López Rey. Oil on canvas, 193 x 130 cm. (c) Carmen López Rey