What made the Umayyah descendants to flee Damascus and the Caliphate there almost overnight and travel all the way to the westernmost tip of the known world in the Iberian Peninsula?

And how in turn succeeded in creating a flourishing cultural and culinary paradise?

Let's find out some amazing recipes from the period and the secret ingredients in the highly sophisticated cuisine of Moorish Spain!

Enjoy!

Find out more about

Nawal Nasrallah:

https://nawalcooking.blogspot.com/

https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/November-2022/Refuge-in-Recipes-The-Research-Journey-of-Nawal-Na

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/9/13/medieval-arabic-cookbooks-reviving-the-taste-of-history

On today's episode the music featured is from Motion Array and the song "Thessaloniki" from Pavlos Kapralos! If you want to find out more check his YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgAonk4-uVhXXjKSF-Nz1A

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