Granada Trilogy

"Granada Trilogy" is the most famous Arabic novel about Andalusia, in which the late writer Radwa Ashour addressed the biography of the Andalusians with a heroic sense divided into three parts: Granada, Marima, and the final departure. This sequence covers the period from 1491 to 1609, from the moment of surrender of their last kingdoms in Granada until King Philip III's decision to expel the Moriscos or Andalusians, considering them a strange and foreign body on those lands. In "Granada Trilogy," you will smell the aromas of fried pies in olive oil, and on ceramic dishes decorated with the most delicious meats, you will hear the whispers of women in homes and men's conversations in baths, and even laugh with the bubbling waters coming from mountain peaks to the valleys below. In some lines of the novel — despite all the pain — you will see the golden noon sun reflected arrogantly on the Chennil River, casting its shadows on the grandeur of the Alhambra Palace despite the defeat... Through narrating the story of a Granada family from grandfather to grandson, Radwa Ashour managed to describe a precise state of the social, political, and religious conditions experienced by the Andalusians after the fall of their homeland. She also excelled in portraying the psychological state of the Andalusians who remained in their land after suffering from injustice, oppression, obliteration of their identity, and deprivation of their basic human rights.