Arabs in Spain

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Arabs ruked Spain for almost 800 years. At the end of 15th centuries, Muslims had to leave the country and migrate towards Morocco and nearby countries due to polices of new Christian Government.

It is said that many places in Spain still have Arabic names.. Their language is still affected by Arabic. Their music and culture is also affected.

Whats your views on this? Do conquered areas never get free from the influence of conquerors?

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alhambra is one of the areas there were many beautiful castles built but were destroyed .

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Yes Alhamra is one of the best buildings that Arabs built in Europe. I think Cordaba mosque also has been converted into a church

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will we stop speaking english? i doubt it.

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Exactly.. only new conquerors replace the effects of old conquerors

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Interesting read.

Muslim influence in Spain still felt in daily life - ii, The Milli Gazette, Vol. 2 No. 21

Perhaps even more interesting are the names and words derived form Arabic which permeate Spanish rural life. These tell their own story of how great the imprint the Muslims left in the land of EI-Cid (Al-sayyid). From the 8,000 basic Spanish words derived from Arabic, a large number relate to farming and the countryside: village aldea-al-day’s), flour-mill (tahona-tahuna) and mule-driver (almocrebe-al-mukari), for example.

  Of all the facets of country life in which one sees the mark of the       Muslims, the home is the place where they left their greatest imprint. The       beauty and comfort of the Andalusian abode of today is no different than       that of the Muslim home in Arab Spain. A Spanish housewife goes about her       tasks (tarea-tarihah) cleaning the tiles (azulejos-al-zulayj) and       door-knocker (aldaba-al-dabba. As the masons (albaniles-al-banna toil,       they drink from a water-jug (jara-jarrah) by letting a stream from the       spout fall through the air into their mouths- a method of drinking brought       into Spain by the Muslims.
  
  The Spanish words of Arabic origin relating to rural life and the home are       only one side of the coin. The countryside, especially in southern and       eastern Spain, is dotted with place names of Arab origin: Medinas       (medina-city), Alcalas (al-qasr-the palace). There are well over a       thousand names of Arab origin found in every part of the country. They       have become as Spanish as bullfighting, which is also believed to have       been initiated by the Moors.

  The expulsion of the Muslims from Spain deprived the land of its       prosperity and led to a huge drop in agrarian production. This was       especially true in the Valencia region and the last Moorish heartland of       the Alpujarrs Mountians edging Granada. According to A Boyd in The Road       from Ronda, when Philip II expelled the Moriscos (Muslims forced to       convert to Christianity) from the Alpujarras, and repopulated it with       Christians from the north, he ordered that two Morisco families must stay       in each village to show the newcomers how to irrigate the land. In the       Valencian huerata, after the expulsion of the Muslims, the cultivation of       sugarcane was almost extinguished and the yields of citrus fruits declined       drastically.
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Yes i watched a documentary about this. First arabs came and used pillars of old chruches to create new mosques. Then when they were overthrown these mosques were converted to churches

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Some Hispanic people look very similar to arabs, maybe because of inter marriages or stuff.

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I think they are the Moors who opt for conversion to Christianity or kept their belief hidden and their next generation couldn't carry that hidden belief

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I just love the word ojalá

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What does that mean?

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Lets just play the guessing game lol jr means inshallah

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and it becomes oxala in portuguese, thank you moors.

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i dont think they look similar. which country of arabs do you think look hispanic?

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Heard that Fatima is still a popular name in Spain :hmmm:

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I meant some Hispanics look Arabs or even Indians. Like they can have black hair and olive skin.

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Yet, due to infighting the Arabs lost it too.

Berbers under Arab leaders i may point out.

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The earliest Arabs were of black ancestry. They are mixed heritage now.

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I think the word barbarian also came from Berbers

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I like that word. Lol