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The Connotations And Cultural Dimensions In The Introduction Of Ibn Bassam Al-Shantrini’S Al-Thakhira, Mohammed Faisal

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Andalusia witnessed progress in the sciences, arts, urbanism, literature, economic and political aspects. This progress prompted many scholars and writers to mention the merits of this culture, and celebrate it for successive generations through their poems and blogs so this becomes a witness on the work of the fathers and grandfathers and this brings pride of those ancient virtues. The book Al-Thakhira was a good example on embodying the meanings and dimensions of Andalusian culture and civilization through what the book has from the translations of the great people in Andalusia. If one just looks at the introduction of this …