Taraq Ibn Ziyad July 13, 2009
Posted by bookncurls in A Comment, Middle East.Tags: Andulusia, Arabic, Middle East, Straights of Gibralter, Taraq Ibn Ziyad
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Classes are very interesting. We had a literature and a media class today. The part I love is seeing the world from the eyes of the Middle East. For example: Taraq Ibn Ziyad opened Andulusia (Spain) and the Straights of Gibralter are named after him. In Arabic it’s called, “Gebel Taraq” or mountain of Taraq. We learned about the educational system and which news papers are the party line and which are more free. Sometimes I honestly feel like I’m in an opposite world. I’m not sure if that makes sense but it makes sense to me. (But then again I only speak English online these days so my English probably sounds a little funny.)
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