Hey! My name is Kat Hodges I am a senior at Muhlenberg college and I am planning on traveling to Spain and Morocco in May as a part of a MILA trip. I am interested in this course because I lived overseas for a brief time and fell in love with European/African history and also love to travel. I hope to gain a deeper understanding of culture, religion, and historical sites through this course.
Background Knowledge
So I travel a lot….. and when I say a lot I say I travel
What to take away from this blog
By now you have probably gotten the main idea that I love to travel and love learning. So this website will be broken into main sections
- Blog posts
- Personal posts and experiences
I will be writing blogs that
Blog
Why is tourism really important in Spain?
The perception of Muslims in Granada, simply, is complex, where on the one hand there is an inextricable and indisputable historic link between present day Granada and historic al-Andalusian Granada. This is ‘celebrated’ by host and guest alike (the relationship previously articulated by Flesler and Melgosa in their article). Furthermore, tourism is a huge part …
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Kamen and Garcia-Sanjuan: How different are religions perceived?
According to Kamen, Spain has been portrayed as a Christian country through the use of statues, by religious writers and in books. Many early writers in Spain have characterized Spain during the medieval time period as a unified Christian nation. Significant pieces of text have characterized Spain as a unified nation with one religion that …
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Architecture – Madinat Al-Zahra
I chose Madinat Al-Zahra because it is not only beautiful but also mysterious and intriguing. The Madinat Al-Zahra is the ruins of a once large palace-city that was built by Adbar-Rahman III. This palace-city is iconic because it was the first de facto capital of al-Andalus and is one of the few sites that exhibits …
Contact
If you have any questions or want to hit me up with more knowledge you can email me at :
kathrynhodges@muhlenberg.edu
