jalbarran.bsky.social
Loving husband, proud father and passionate historian of the Medieval Islamic West at the University of Granada. Living the Albayzin. Writing on the loss of al-Andalus, Crusades in al-Andalus, jihad, Andalusi Christians, Andalusi memory... Antifascist.
👤 Joined on 14 November 2024
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@jalbarran.bsky.socialOjalá mis hijos hubieran tenido esa oportunidad cuando iban al colegio.
Show PostClifford Geertz was a great anthropologist but one of the problematic legacies of "Negara" is that we got used to think of royal courts as theaters instead of circuses.
Show PostPeople are right to be upset about the red-carpet, warm-handshake reception of war criminal Putin on US soil. But many of the same people go strangely quiet when it comes to war criminal Netanyahu.
Show Post“Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif have been able to tell their own people’s story directly to the world. And Israel is methodically killing them for it, while many of their Western colleagues and international journalistic institutions remain shamefully silent”— my latest @theguardian.com
Show PostThis wonderful depiction by Master Hugo at the beginning of Jeremiah, of Jeremiah seated on a rock while soldiers attack Jerusalem. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 002III: The Bury Bible; 12th century ; Bury St Edmunds Abbey; f.245v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
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