As one of the producers for an upcoming PBS documentary on the rise and fall of Islamic Spain, I've witnessed its amazing ascent and tragic fall countless times in the editing room, only to go ...

“In Spain, in the schools,” Maymir says, “they would never teach you about the (country’s) Islamic history.” While the Spanish government has taken steps to enable school students to ...

It’s an unfortunate reality for Spain and the Islamic World that the late dictator Francisco Franco’s adage that “the Arabs came, then they left” is taken as fact. The statement serves as ...

That desire finally became a reality in 1609, when all Moriscos or converted Muslims were expelled from Spain. Boabdil rode out to meet them, departing from the Gate of Seven Floors at the ...