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Yahya al-Ghazal: the travels of an ambassador between Umayyad Cordoba and Constantinople
March 04, 20257:00 p.m.CORDOBAOn Tuesday March 4, researcher Elsa Cardoso, of the CSIC’s EEA, will be giving the third session in the event series “Semblances of Cordoba: The Umayyad era in the first person,” which gives us a closer look at the Umayyads’ diplomacy practices in Al-Andalus. -
Syria after Al Assad: where is it headed? Transition and post-war challenges
February 26, 20257:00 p.m.MADRIDOn Wednesday, February 26, Casa Árabe is hosting a round table discussion on Syria with the participation of Rim Turkmani, a senior researcher at the London School of Economics, Azzam Al Kassir, an expert on security and political Islam, and Dima Moussa, a member of the Syrian Opposition Coalition. Sign up here to attend in person or watch it live on YouTube. -
“Poetry in the Streets: Jarchas, moaxajas and cejeles”
February 26, 20257:00 p.m.CORDOBAOn Wednesday, February 26, we will be hosting a new session in our series of conferences on Arabic poetry. On this occasion, Ignacio Ferrando Frutos (University of Cádiz) will be talking about strophic poetry from Al-Andalus. Come join us! -
Ibn al-’Attar against the jurists of Cordoba in the tenth century
February 18, 20257:00 p.m.CORDOBAWe are devoting the second session our event series “Semblances of Cordoba: The Umayyad era in the first person” to one of the most important jurists in the later part of the era of the caliphs. Prof. Amalia Zomeño will be describing this historical figure in Cordoba on Tuesday, February 18. -
Republican exile in Tunisia
February 18, 20257:00 p.m.MADRIDTowards the end of the Civil War, 4093 Spaniards set off towards North Africa until they reached the Tunisian port of Bizerte. Find out what was became of them in that country by attending this session, when we will be screening a short documentary on the subject. It will be taking place in Madrid on Tuesday, February 18, as part of the “Country Focus: Tunisia” and the exhibition “On Exodus and Wind: Spanish exile in the Maghreb (1939-1962).”