Phone From Andalusia, Paperback Book, By: Ali Al-Jarim

This is Cordoba, which in the days of Al-Nasir li-Din Allah was the joy of the world and the qabalah of nations, the meeting place of East and West, and the torch of light whose radiance blinded all eyes, and to which students of knowledge flocked from the ends of the earth, perhaps they might bring from it a spark or find guidance by fire, and which still to this day retains traces of its ancient glory and its deepest honour. This is Cordoba in the year 423 AH. You see it and you see a page whose lines misfortunes have failed to erase, a tree whose branches have only been tampered with by hurricanes, a laughing hope that the darkness of the nights has not made us cry, and a resounding voice that the thunders of momentous events have not dampened. It still terrifies you with its dazzling beauty and latent strength that has not been shaken by the ages!