Today, after a long, exhausting weekend, I had a field trip for my Arab World and the West class. We went to the mosque about 15 minute walk from our school. It was amazing and so uplifting. The lady that took us on the trip was originally from California. She left the US when she was in her mid-twenties and decided to travel for a year, thinking she was going to return after seeing the world a little more. She found Islam and Spain and fell in love. She started a new life here and she has a family within her community now: her Islam family. She is married to a Spaniard and helped build one of the newest mosques in Granada. She was so impressive and so was the Mosque! It had a great garden with a great view of the Alhambra.
The visit really put my education in Granada in perspective. I really appreciate the culture, architecture and history so much more than I would solely taking the class.
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