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Translating works into Arabic provides window into Chinese culture

By Yang Yang | June 20, 2025 | China Daily Traditional Chinese medicine, history, technological innovations, and Chinese philosophy are the most searched topics on a China-themed encyclopedia platform among 22 Arabic-speaking countries and regions, according to a session about the achievements of the partnership between the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House and Lebanese publishing house Digital Future at the…

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Convivencia at the Alhambra

Canadian couple (Christian Iraqi and Punjabi background) in convivencia interview #5 Al-Andalus Tribune The Alhambra in Granada, Spain—the last Muslim stronghold in al-Andalus, which fell to Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492—symbolizes both the lost glories of Islamic Spain, and the ethnic cleansing that gave birth to modern ethno-nationalist Europe. Within a few decades of the fall of Granada, Spanish Muslims…

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Convivencia Is Coming: “We Can Override These Little Bumps in History”

Convivencia interview #4 with Abu Isa in Cordoba We’re here at the Grand Mosque in Córdoba with Abu Isa talking about convivencia. Abu Isa, do you think that convivencia—good relationships between different groups such as Jews, Christians, and Muslims—is possible in today’s world? 100% and absolutely. I think we are stronger together and we can learn from each other. And…

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“Palestine Is Suffering…Come Back and Live in Spain”

By: Kevin Barrett | June 24, 2025 | kevinbarrett.substack.com We are traveling the length of historic al-Andalus, from Barcelona to Zaragoza to today’s Andalusia (southern Spain) asking ordinary people about convivencia. What is convivencia? It’s a friendlier term for “coexistence” that was originally used to describe the strikingly positive relationship between Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities in Islamic Spain a.k.a.…

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Double Standards Make US Unfit for Leadership

Convivencia interview #2: Zaragoza, Spain. We are traveling the length of historic al-Andalus, from Barcelona to Zaragoza to today’s Andalusia (southern Spain) asking ordinary people about convivencia. What is convivencia? It’s a friendlier term for “coexistence” that was originally used to describe the strikingly positive relationship between Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities in Islamic Spain a.k.a. Al-Andalus. Today’s interviewee is…

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U of Tehran’s Dr. Setareh Sadeghi: Netanyahu has underestimated Iran

University of Tehran Professor of World Studies Dr. Setareh Sadeghi joins The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal to discuss the defiant response she has witnessed from Iranian society as Israel’s unprovoked assault targets a growing number of civilians in a rabid push for regime change. Sadeghi explains the political and social factors that account for Iranians’ resilience in the face of Israeli…

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Friday The 13th – Western Inspired Sectarian Myth Finally Met Islamic Reality

By Mohamed Ousman | Dhu al-Hijjah 20, 1446 | Crescent International In western superstition and mythology when the 13th day of the month on the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday it is considered a bad luck day. In Islam there is no such thing as luck, be it good or bad. Actions determine outcomes. Those who partake in righteous…

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