“many of the Spaniards who came and bred brown people were partly Moorish or some Arab element was contained in their blood.”
No wonder this classmate of mines back in the early 90’s. She was from the Middle East. She told me that Mexicans and her people were family. I was at the time “WTF!”. Now it is making sense.
Yep. Anytime you hear Andalucia or Moors you are in the presence of an Arab.
I have a friend proudly proclaim her Moorish heritage.
I laughed and asked if she had any desire to visit Mecca.
She slips every once in a while and I’ve taken to asking if she is comfortable with the concept of walking everywhere and dressed in a cadaver bag.
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