In Search of My Roots | Al Jazeera World documentary

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  • Опубліковано 19 січ 2021
  • When Spanish director Paula Palacios embarks on a road trip across Spain to uncover her roots, she discovers her own Muslim past and a very different version of history to the one she learned at school. Her journey pieces together a centuries-old jigsaw and the largely untold story of Christian Spaniards of Muslim origin.
    In 1502, shortly after the fall of the last Muslim state in the Iberian Peninsula, Muslims in Spain faced a stark choice: convert to Christianity or be exiled to northwest Africa. Those who stayed formed a new social class, Christians of Muslim origin, known as the Moriscos. In 1609, however, a royal decree demanded that the Moriscos be expelled completely.
    Palacios' trip takes her across Spain where she talks to archaeologists, historians, architects and anthropologists, as well as descendants of the Moriscos. She discovers solid clues that suggest that thousands of Moriscos had indeed remained in Spain, backed up by modern historians who contend that many had lived quietly under the radar. She also gathers compelling circumstantial evidence that her own family are direct descendants of the Moriscos.
    Palacios' story is an informative modern-day odyssey with deep historical roots which casts a surprising light on ancient history.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 810

  • @mariaelkhyari9682
    @mariaelkhyari9682 6 місяців тому +70

    I was born in Puerto Rico. I know my ancestors are from Spain, but this documentary has proven to me that we have a rich islamic past. As those that migrated to Puerto Rico came from Andalusian communities. I am a revert myself. Did my shahada in Morocco. This before I found out my DNA results. Thank you for sharing your journey.

    • @goodputin4324
      @goodputin4324 6 місяців тому +3

      Felicidades, hermana ❤

    • @Koko70816
      @Koko70816 6 місяців тому

      Hello sister, actually many Puerto Ricans 🇵🇷 descend from Canarians 🇮🇨 who are a mix of native North Africans (imazighen/berbers) or mostly known as Guanches ⵣ (in the Canary Islands) and Iberian Spaniards🇪🇸. I, myself, am Moroccan 🇲🇦 of amazigh descent with half of my family having an amazigh culture and the rest being arabized with an Andalusian Moroccan fesi heritage and an amazigh arabized from the rif region (Mostly know as the tsoul region). The Guanches are the only aboriginal people of North Africa who were not Islamized. You can even go to the Canary Islands to learn more about its history. In these times, more and more Canarians reject their political/ethnic European identity to further reconnect with their native African side. It is a beautiful way to commemorate their elders and their lost culture/language. There’s also many cities, islands and volcanos that have tamazight (native language) original names, such as the island “Gomera” which is a well known amazigh tribe (Ghomara) that we can even find in northern Morocco. I truly hope you can learn more about your roots, it is truly a fascinating road. We surely have much more in common than what we think, hopefully we can meet in another life :) Have a blessed day❤ Que Dios/Allah te bendiga!

    • @saidibrahim5931
      @saidibrahim5931 6 місяців тому +1

      Masha,Allah

    • @sheikhsaju-bw6nm
      @sheikhsaju-bw6nm 4 місяці тому +1

      Mashallah
      He found you lost and guided you” [Quran :93:]

    • @sheikhsaju-bw6nm
      @sheikhsaju-bw6nm 3 місяці тому +2

      Wow how great come back Your Ancestors Religion love From Bangladesh 🇧🇩♥️

  • @hasansugiharto6237
    @hasansugiharto6237 8 місяців тому +48

    I'm Indonesian. Most Indonesians are Muslim. some Indonesians, including me, study Arabic. In studying Arabic grammar, we use a phenomenal guidebook called "Alfiyah ibn Al Malik". This book was written by Muhammad Jamaluddin bin Malik in the 13th century. He was a Muslim who came from Andalusia, Spain. As Muslim students, we are very familiar with Muslim scholars who come from Spain. and we are proud of them.

    • @WARLORDDOM
      @WARLORDDOM 7 місяців тому

      Remember
      The only reason moriscos were killed was due to slavery

    • @abdullahia2401
      @abdullahia2401 3 місяці тому

      I am Somali from East Africa and we use the Alfiyah kitab which is the extensive guide in Nahw Arabic Grammar

  • @loganraposo91
    @loganraposo91 3 роки тому +283

    I'm watching after learning my Father is of Sephardic origin and recently my Mother is of Morisco's Origin. I've always dealt with comments from people saying "You look middle eastern like your dad" along with ignorant ones that I don't really feel comfortable mentioning. I'm close to 19 minutes in and I decided to pause the video. I wanted to search to see if my last name came up in the baptism records and they did. Raposo did come up on page 208, Maria Raposo(Andalla), which makes sense after reading one of the surnames the Moriscos in Castile adopted was Raposo. I've dealt with a huge identity crisis all my life because I never really felt like I fit in anywhere and I never knew where I came from or what my roots were. Finding this out has brought tears to my eyes because it's validation that I was right and all the people who met me with ignorance were wrong. I never thought I would find this answer let alone find out what my last name really was but this was so gratifying to watch. Thank you endlessly for the happiness you brought me.

    • @marioformosa4259
      @marioformosa4259 3 роки тому +6

      You've still got a problem. You need to find out about the other 95% or so of your DNA.

    • @loganraposo91
      @loganraposo91 3 роки тому +28

      @@marioformosa4259 it's actually about 80% sir, and I've been doing the necessary research for the past 2 years.

    • @ramshafatima7178
      @ramshafatima7178 2 роки тому +25

      I'm happy for you Mash'Allah. May Allah swt restore to you all that you and we, collectively lost.

    • @ramshafatima7178
      @ramshafatima7178 2 роки тому +12

      I'm happy Andala that you found your lineage, but we truly are what we believe and act on.

    • @giltedged7529
      @giltedged7529 2 роки тому +9

      @@ramshafatima7178 Freedom from Arabization and Arabic desert customs is a gain not a loss. I am sure many North African indigenous people would love to have that possibility

  • @NM-me4kn
    @NM-me4kn 8 місяців тому +20

    My ancestors are moriscos from Andalucia. Like many other families here in Tunisia, my family still remember from where they came.

  • @alexolex8104
    @alexolex8104 Місяць тому +5

    i m moroccan from the city of chefchaouen, my ancestors are andalucians from Granada and they left to morocco in the 14th century. most of the families in chefchaouen are andalucians and still keep the keys for their left homes in andalucia until today as souvenirs.

  • @fadelaelzalet8674
    @fadelaelzalet8674 2 роки тому +32

    Iam Libyan from Libya 🇱🇾 I have roots from Andalusia from my mother side

  • @labitcoineragt3596
    @labitcoineragt3596 9 місяців тому +24

    This is so fascinating. My husband was born in France but his mother is from Spain. Her parents were both from Andalucia. Her dad from Alemeria. When I met my husband I couldn’t tell exactly what his ancestry was and I told him he looked Arab. He thought there was no way because he was Spanish and French. The more we dug in the more his arab looks started making more sense. His ancestral dna shows a good deal of birth african which is interesting since that would have come from more than 5 generations prior because the 5 generations we know are not apparently moor and yet it’s there. His ancestors are there and his handsome looks display it ❤

    • @Koko70816
      @Koko70816 6 місяців тому +1

      North Africans are not Arabs genetically. Arabic is a holy language, but also an ethnic group from the Arabian peninsula. North Africans are, in this case, arabophones, meaning Arabic speaking, but not Arabs.

    • @sheikhsaju-bw6nm
      @sheikhsaju-bw6nm 4 місяці тому +2

      His Ancestors was Muslim but christian force to accept christian 😢😢

    • @awayforwardtosucces123go
      @awayforwardtosucces123go 2 місяці тому

      Do research on Islam. I'm pretty sure you will get internal peace after embracing Islam. Those who seek guidance are helped by Allah Himself (creater of mankind and entire universe). Don't igonore this message. It's very much important.

  • @muhammadshehreyarkhan1851
    @muhammadshehreyarkhan1851 11 місяців тому +16

    44:35 Amazing how centuries old Islamic traditions are still alive among the Muslim decendents. May Allah Subhananhuwtala bless all of His creations with light of Islam. Ameen.

  • @_Abdussalama
    @_Abdussalama 3 роки тому +214

    I found this documentary insightful. However, it's some dishonesty to not mention that many of the Moriscos were either forcefully converted to Christianity or killed. There's no doubt that others escaped to North Africa and the Ottoman Empire to escape persecution. Others who stayed back denounced Islam for their survival. Using euphemisms such as integration or name change wouldn't erase these facts.

    • @mirandapillsbury7885
      @mirandapillsbury7885 2 роки тому +5

      exactly

    • @732anoop
      @732anoop 2 роки тому +12

      What about the killing done by invading Arab forces across globe, you should say about that too.

    • @WA-uq1rh
      @WA-uq1rh 2 роки тому +39

      @@732anoop you mean the crusades?

    • @themercifulguard3971
      @themercifulguard3971 2 роки тому +41

      @@732anoop There were terrible killings and rulers throughout Islamic Spain’s history but nothing could be compared to the brutality of the Spanish Inquisition
      For the most part, Muslim empires in Spain were tolerant and that’s why its societies were very successful and advanced. The least tolerant dynasty was the Almohads and even they were not that bad compared to post-Ferdinand and Isabelle Spain

    • @gazi8412
      @gazi8412 2 роки тому +12

      @Certinho True, this person is not talking about the brutality experienced in Goa (India). He is completely Islamophobic dishonest person.

  • @abrarali-jg4zz
    @abrarali-jg4zz 2 роки тому +75

    This has to be the most ignored ethnic cleansing ever done throughout history

    • @uzakada7261
      @uzakada7261 2 роки тому +4

      @Jan Luca Basile Gambino there is no such thing, the real genocide was done to the Turks.

    • @uzakada7261
      @uzakada7261 2 роки тому +3

      @Jan Luca Basile Gambino there is no such thing.

    • @Uyan-xy6cu
      @Uyan-xy6cu 2 роки тому +5

      @Jan Luca Basile Gambino You keep telling this lie, but repeating it doesn't mean it's true. If there was a real genocide, there would be no country Armenia now.

    • @giltedged7529
      @giltedged7529 2 роки тому +8

      Probably not so pronounced as the Arabization of North Africa. Look at them now

    • @shahriarnafsi9418
      @shahriarnafsi9418 2 роки тому

      @@theresecoco1887 why I see u everywhere

  • @imaddinmisran5476
    @imaddinmisran5476 5 місяців тому +4

    They denounce their islam , but deep inside their heart , the faith of islam is still alive.

  • @4779598
    @4779598 11 місяців тому +19

    Beautiful documentary
    Thank you Al Jazeera for making it & educating us

  • @Farieclau
    @Farieclau 10 місяців тому +21

    The souls in Granada salute you! Omg I felt that I recently went to Granada and I felt an eerie feeling in Albaicín quarter. However in the cathedral I felt so much heaviness almost choking couldn’t breathe I had to get out later I read it was a cite of an old mosque. I have muslim and jewish heritage so going to Granada was fascinating.When I went to Granada I felt like I’ve been there before and a very heavy feeling like souls are watching me. It’s very strange a type of yearning melancholy as if they are saying welcome.

  • @saadamiens
    @saadamiens 2 роки тому +30

    42:55 this father is truly blessed subhan Allah

  • @hoda9833
    @hoda9833 3 роки тому +101

    Arabic culture has so much fashion, it’s magical. So proud of my origins!❤️

  • @HistoricalTales
    @HistoricalTales 2 роки тому +21

    I watch this with tears in my eyes 😢

  • @fariduddin313badri5
    @fariduddin313badri5 3 роки тому +35

    Our clan relatives from my mother's side say we are descended from a certain Capitan Vicente Gallego who got stranded in the island of Guimaras, about 70 generations ago.
    My family is Muslim.

  • @mpat01
    @mpat01 Рік тому +25

    Incredibly powerful documentary. She does it with such skill and sensitivity. The final part is amazing when she meets Layla, and history comes full circle..👏👏👏

  • @saheedramjohn1144
    @saheedramjohn1144 2 роки тому +11

    42 years now I first came to spanish harlem and lived among my islanders Puerto Rico Cuba is an arabic name morros the forts built by these desendants of moorish spain they carry arabic names to this day 5000 words in spanish and more of arabic origins. Amazing video

    • @alwizardus
      @alwizardus 8 місяців тому

      You're right, little do people know that moorish influences flourished in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Also in Merida Mexico. You'll see art and cultural resemblances between Mexico and Morrocco.

  • @ZubairCHM
    @ZubairCHM 4 місяці тому +2

    سپین میں رہنے والوں کے لئے بہت معلوماتی پروگرام ہے۔ شکریہ الجزیرہ

  • @arfanailal8968
    @arfanailal8968 3 роки тому +30

    It's important to know who your roots are. Regardless of your skin color, everyone is the same, the most important thing is 'Fastabiqul Khairat'(trying to do good to everyone) value. Islam means peace... Peace be upon on you

    • @mrx9920
      @mrx9920 2 роки тому +1

      A piece of you here and there 💣💣💣

    • @indiotspoopoutd00rs99
      @indiotspoopoutd00rs99 2 роки тому +1

      @@mrx9920 a piece of
      ur finger up yours

    • @Hassani_70
      @Hassani_70 Рік тому +3

      Peace be upon you too brother/sister

    • @gunarsagerry3502
      @gunarsagerry3502 Рік тому +1

      Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarokatuh 🙏🏽

    • @joachimkaddah6040
      @joachimkaddah6040 8 місяців тому

      I am Muslim and Islam does not mean peace. However, Islam preaches peace when it is peace. I am not trying to be negative here but just be honest.

  • @naima9576
    @naima9576 3 роки тому +46

    It is alweys good to know your roots.

  • @xxtracts1344
    @xxtracts1344 3 роки тому +38

    I love Andalusian history!

    • @xxtracts1344
      @xxtracts1344 3 роки тому

      @@mountainman0004 thank you, sir! May God bless you!

    • @marioformosa4259
      @marioformosa4259 3 роки тому +6

      I too. Everyone loves La Reconquista

    • @mahatube3155
      @mahatube3155 3 роки тому +3

      @@mountainman0004 lies stop repeat it

    • @mbert7537
      @mbert7537 2 роки тому

      @@mountainman0004 A grown men with so much hate and lies.

    • @amongussus9779
      @amongussus9779 2 роки тому +3

      @@mountainman0004 Spain was Pagan before Christianity.

  •  2 роки тому +4

    We are all human beings first. Skin color doesn't matter. Cultural diversity, cuisines, music, languages...is our common heritage.

  • @missjewelz5076
    @missjewelz5076 5 місяців тому +2

    Thank you ...this is very eye opening & insighful for me as a Muslim who is keen to gain more understanding how Islamic history has touched various corners of the world.

  • @amykoorn8861
    @amykoorn8861 3 місяці тому +2

    "Thank you" from Belgium

  • @fouziarauf9657
    @fouziarauf9657 8 місяців тому +5

    A very nice documentary,
    We have a novel writer in Pakistan,
    Naseem hijazi, he wrote three novels on andulus rise and fall.
    Going through this documentary make me realise, how vivid his descriptions were.
    I am so happy that people are finding their roots

  • @somaghosh2960
    @somaghosh2960 8 місяців тому +3

    A quite good documentary Al Jazeera.
    I have learned many points about Spanish History.

  • @alipm4941
    @alipm4941 Рік тому +4

    Fantastic documentary & Really Appreciated the efforts on bringing this insightful information's

  • @supernurse658
    @supernurse658 9 місяців тому +5

    Every year in Spain thousands are converting/reverting back to its Islamic Origins and cant be denied ❤

  • @tamimsalem6471
    @tamimsalem6471 2 роки тому +75

    In Spain and Portugal, the Islamic era (711-1492 AD) is not taught in history at schools, it's just a small paragraph and it's not even considered as a history of the region ( geopolitical perception) and I think it's an episode of the Iberian peninsula history that should be taught .

    • @suprauro
      @suprauro 2 роки тому +11

      It's not a part of my history, only a Black time for Spain, wish doesn't exist

    • @tamimsalem6471
      @tamimsalem6471 Рік тому +10

      @@suprauro calm down ! I know you don't like it but I think it should be taught in history classes after all it's and episode of your country's history .
      In our countries we do study also the Roman empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Vandals and the Ottoman... etc
      I think every culture passed in a country it's part of its civilisation even though you may hate it (politically biaised) .

    • @lovebirds149
      @lovebirds149 Рік тому

      @@suprauro We will conquer spain again dont worry

    • @1488EVERGETES
      @1488EVERGETES Рік тому +11

      Lol thats fake. I'm spanish and i ve studied plenty of spanish islamic period both in school and university (history degree). Even the 4th year we had a subject called "Islam and andalusian culture" which was focused only in that

    • @vanessaamorim4310
      @vanessaamorim4310 Рік тому +11

      Wrong ! I did learn all the Islamic Era in primary school, in Portugal. One of the first themes , actually. The different people and tribes we became from. Berber, Visigoths , Romans , Celtic, and others.

  • @realist2020
    @realist2020 8 місяців тому +2

    Alhamdulilah sister thank you, please continue to search

  • @inezmartinez7964
    @inezmartinez7964 6 місяців тому +4

    Love this documentary i feel so connected with this story 💔

    • @anabelcastro-debattista2456
      @anabelcastro-debattista2456 3 місяці тому

      I wish I can do something like this…. As my father bear the name Castro (from Philippines)…. My dad and his brothers and uncles has features of Castilian’s…tall in height (except my dad lol), very sharp nose, wide forehead…..so sad even at my work …..I do not hear so many CASTRO’s… where and what happened to the CASTRO’s family name?

    • @anabelcastro-debattista2456
      @anabelcastro-debattista2456 3 місяці тому

      I wish to find documentation a on the Marranos or converso

  • @jonathaneffemey4892
    @jonathaneffemey4892 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for posting.

  • @mayugear3113
    @mayugear3113 9 місяців тому +2

    I will Dua for all people around the world easily return to the right path

  • @SarAnna2195
    @SarAnna2195 3 роки тому +20

    Was waiting the whole film for the views of Granada

    • @marioformosa4259
      @marioformosa4259 3 роки тому +3

      The Alhambra and the Mosque-Cathedral are always thrown in. I used to imagine that Spain had a sort of Alhambra in every town.

  • @joepereira2640
    @joepereira2640 3 роки тому +56

    A fascinating story. Spanish history will not be complete without mention of muslim influences of many centuries in spain.

    • @chinchanchou
      @chinchanchou 3 роки тому +2

      Pura mentira pro islam o la gente esta no se da cuenta que esos moriscos fueron musulmanes xq cuando nos invadieron obligaron a los paganos y a cristianos a convertirse al islam incluso xq no hablan de las mujeres esclavisadas para los harenes de los muslamens la reconquista ayudó aque volvieran a creer en la relgion en las que les fue prohibida o por el lavado de cerebro que le hiceork a los paganos x los musulmanes no entiendo de esta tipa o se olvida que esos moriscos fueron curstianos antes del islam

    • @marioformosa4259
      @marioformosa4259 3 роки тому +8

      Muslim influences in Spain. Great red wine, cathedrals and churches, ham and pork, swimming and sunbathing in bikinis, Spanish language, Spanish alphabet, Catholicism....

    • @ColonelFluffles
      @ColonelFluffles 3 роки тому +21

      @@marioformosa4259 Just accept that your culture has heavily been influenced by Islam.

    • @giltedged7529
      @giltedged7529 2 роки тому +4

      Yes there are a few Arabic words, a few Arabic place names and three buildings for the tourists

    • @ColonelFluffles
      @ColonelFluffles 2 роки тому +14

      @@giltedged7529 few Arabic words...? More like 4000. Even the buildings, it's more than 3 Andalusian buildings, a lot of them have been converted to churches and cathedrals. So, a lot of cathedrals were originally Andalusian mosques. There are still a lot of Andalusian ruins spread all over Spain and Portugal, especially Spain. Spain is full of them. Even cultural practices have stayed alive, especially in the south. You're ignorant of your history.

  • @ariksam7681
    @ariksam7681 2 роки тому +8

    will love to see more videos on moriscos....

  • @pensatorseven1898
    @pensatorseven1898 8 місяців тому +1

    Wonderful Documentary.

  • @SalmanThariq6
    @SalmanThariq6 4 місяці тому

    It is a fabulous rewind of the lost History of Islamic Spain. My heartfelt Congratulations for the team who worked for this.

  • @anwarul85
    @anwarul85 11 місяців тому +2

    very important documentary!!

  • @wahyuawaludin1
    @wahyuawaludin1 2 роки тому +5

    It's beautiful

  • @8060163
    @8060163 2 роки тому +27

    Amazing how the language itself has so many Arabic names. I can understand some by listening

    • @Hassani_70
      @Hassani_70 Рік тому +6

      Yeah and it's one of the reasons why it's easy for the Arabic speakers to learn Spanish at least in my case

    • @Miro.s.
      @Miro.s. Рік тому +2

      Yeah the surname Castanein is arabic for chestnuts 🌰

    • @8060163
      @8060163 Рік тому

      @@Miro.s. Hihi really

  • @DeanAdventure
    @DeanAdventure Рік тому +9

    My ancestors were buried in the Taifa's necropolis in Moncada.

  • @rabiaarif6021
    @rabiaarif6021 8 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful documentary well done

  • @drsyedazamsher4033
    @drsyedazamsher4033 6 місяців тому +1

    Unbiased and elaborative documentary..Totally new for me, although I know Spanish history. Great work by her.

  • @MegaAli213
    @MegaAli213 2 роки тому +16

    Beautiful documentary I hope to see more.

  • @HurairaHerbals
    @HurairaHerbals 3 роки тому +45

    I've done so much research on my family tree, researching the origin and the paths of various names. I am Syrian but on my mother's side it was long suspected we came from Spain from her mother's mother's side, and somewhere like Usbekistan on her fathers side. I looked into it and no, both sides must have come from spain based on the names, and are of Amazigh, and of Arabian origin. If I ever make it to spain, I want to look deeper into the records to see if I can find evidence of their surnames amongst the people who left, if such records exist. My Husband is Mexican, and I suspect his ancestry must be of Sephardic origin, another thing I would love to look into if I ever make it to Spain.

    • @PS-uz4ep
      @PS-uz4ep 2 роки тому +6

      You would be more than welcome any Time in Spain, sister

    • @s.a339
      @s.a339 2 роки тому

      Are you muslim? If you don't mind answering

    • @Omar-mh8yn
      @Omar-mh8yn Рік тому +5

      Actually there is no "arabian" blood in spain. You find 10% of moorish/amazgih blood (Morocco and West-Algeria) in spaniard people especially the region of andalusia valencia ... and when it comes to Morocco and West Algeria you rather find between 20 and 30 % iberian blood because of the arrival of many refugees post reconquista... there are even cities in nothern morocco and the atlantic side that have been created by iberian muslim refugees ... Anyway Andalussian were mostly islamised arabised iberian people just like Egyptian are arabised coptic and Just like Syrian are arabised arameans ! Arabian blood you find it in Saudi Yemen UAE QATAR Bahrein OMan.

    • @mountaindew3201
      @mountaindew3201 Рік тому +1

      Mexicans and Arabs are very different. We not the same nor do we carry the same blood. Most likely you a Jew descendant

    • @alejandrajarabo3354
      @alejandrajarabo3354 Рік тому +2

      Dear Syrian lady, no need to wait to go to Spain. If you are looking for books, like the ones shown on the documentary, The church records have been digitized by the Mormon church, and they are available through them online.
      You would need to know from what city/area they were, and have an idea about the surname.
      I know that it can be very difficult. If you have your DNA test done, you can begin with genetic matches, that might have more information than you.
      Tracing back your husband's lineage might be easier: most books in Mexico have been digitized.

  • @juanjim29393
    @juanjim29393 Рік тому +4

    Paula Palacios es un productor de documentario muy bien. Uno tiempo yo tenía un conversación con su y ella es un señora mucho educado y amable.
    Yo deseo su mucho éxito en su profesión y espero viene más buenos documentarios.

  • @anabelcastro-debattista2456
    @anabelcastro-debattista2456 3 місяці тому

    Very fascinating….thank you

  • @ishtiaqueahmed8450
    @ishtiaqueahmed8450 3 роки тому +2

    Very interesting

  • @hocinelahlah5379
    @hocinelahlah5379 9 місяців тому

    That was a good documentary Paula felicitation to you and Aljazeera

  • @albanyildiz3076
    @albanyildiz3076 Рік тому +3

    GOD BLESS YOU YOUNG LADY NEVER BE AFFRAID SEARCH WHOM YOU ARE BE PROUD

  • @shahrimanshahnaz7008
    @shahrimanshahnaz7008 10 місяців тому +2

    Assalamualaikum at the end made my day❤️

  • @gambitfinal8910
    @gambitfinal8910 3 роки тому +10

    Saving it for later, very interesting

  • @user-dk3uj3ug9t
    @user-dk3uj3ug9t 8 місяців тому +4

    Started researching my genealogy and discovered that I have Umayyad roots. My Umayyad ancestor fled Syria to North Africa then to Spain. Spain was a melting pot since I also have Sephardic and European ancestry.

    • @sheikhsaju-bw6nm
      @sheikhsaju-bw6nm 3 місяці тому

      Haha spain trying to hide what they do with Muslim 😂 spanish Muslim was forcefully convert to christian when Arab los Role Spain

  • @niqabalishah5222
    @niqabalishah5222 Місяць тому

    We appreciate!

  • @mohdfadzlibinabdulkhir4018
    @mohdfadzlibinabdulkhir4018 3 роки тому +8

    Tq aljazera....beautiful showcase...thanks

  • @afazdentalcare2447
    @afazdentalcare2447 8 місяців тому

    Thanks a lot dear for that documents

  • @blususpect
    @blususpect 10 місяців тому +1

    I will always cherish Al Andalus

  • @pares7
    @pares7 11 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for doing this documentary. I enjoyed watching it, eith the beautiful scenary & music. I would love to be apart of my own documentary into my own roots.

  • @azadhossain6102
    @azadhossain6102 3 роки тому +5

    We can see the effort that was put in.

  • @keekl6870
    @keekl6870 3 роки тому +12

    I miss my little finca in a small farm on the Catalan hill. Miss climbing up almond & olive trees during harvest seasons, escaping to secluded tiny beaches on the Catalan coast on hot days, day-tripping to small villages and towns or to the jungle & mountains, hiking around the campo, taking a week or two off road-tripping around Spain, chopping woods for fire in preparation for winter or just meeting other expats & locals by the village over cerveza for them, cafe con leche for me.
    Back to the documentary, Guzman who defended Tarifa from Muslim raid, Spain's much-loved historical figure that gets celebrated annually in La Reconquista festival, was also a Muslim.

    • @chinchanchou
      @chinchanchou 3 роки тому +2

      Dejate de joder estos se olvidan que los moriscos la mayoría eran iberos que fueron obligados a ser muslamnes x ser paganos o cristianos vendidos como esclavos a muslamnes me encanta xq reclaman lo musulmana pero se olvidan de la historia real de los moriscos los del norte nos liberaron de esta peste de relgion, antiguso paganos y cristianos obligados a ser muslannes sino te asesinaban o te vendían como esclavo

    • @giltedged7529
      @giltedged7529 2 роки тому +4

      Good to know. Spain is Spanish, European and Christian

    • @goodputin4324
      @goodputin4324 2 роки тому +6

      @@giltedged7529 lol rubbish

    • @indiotspoopoutd00rs99
      @indiotspoopoutd00rs99 2 роки тому +2

      @@giltedged7529scumbag
      so what??

  • @tarekchaambi8355
    @tarekchaambi8355 2 роки тому +4

    Very interseting documentary, wish Al jazeera will enlighten us once more with the story of expelled moorish who fled to North Africa.

  • @shahrulhanuarmdaris6105
    @shahrulhanuarmdaris6105 3 роки тому +26

    No doubt...Islam is so beautiful...when Allh gives u the chance

    • @giltedged7529
      @giltedged7529 2 роки тому +5

      The Yazidi women don't think so

    • @paolopaolo9353
      @paolopaolo9353 2 роки тому +2

      Islam came to spain through conquest they defeated the visigoth(Pagans) in the south and settled there, but before islam came in spain there were Christians already in the north. . ..

    • @indiotspoopoutd00rs99
      @indiotspoopoutd00rs99 2 роки тому +1

      @@giltedged7529 and I think ur effeminate & a pos

    • @BenAdam1937
      @BenAdam1937 Рік тому

      @@giltedged7529 Most of western converts to Islam are women

    • @lewisc9959
      @lewisc9959 Рік тому

      Especially the terrorism and throwing gays out of the roofs!!

  • @Guilermo01
    @Guilermo01 Рік тому +5

    Forgot about that u are spanish and catholic ❤ God bless our Spain 🇪🇸

    • @ginesito5392
      @ginesito5392 Рік тому +4

      cringe

    • @ferhankhan7285
      @ferhankhan7285 8 місяців тому

      PROPHET MOSES,
      (& PROPHET JOSEPH/YUSUF
      before him)
      PROPHET DAWOOD/DAVID
      and many many other prophets who came after (PROPHET MOSES) but prior 2 PROPHET JESUS/EESA: what were they?
      CATHOLIC???

    • @sheikhsaju-bw6nm
      @sheikhsaju-bw6nm 3 місяці тому +3

      Haha spain trying to hide what they do with Muslim 😂 spanish Muslim was forcefully convert to christian when Arab los Role Spain

    • @WARLORDDOM
      @WARLORDDOM 2 місяці тому

      ​@@sheikhsaju-bw6nmno one's denying it

    • @sheikhsaju-bw6nm
      @sheikhsaju-bw6nm 2 місяці тому

      @@WARLORDDOM spanish they denie it

  • @teachingandlearning
    @teachingandlearning 2 роки тому +16

    I recommend that Paula does her DNA. DNA reveals much of our history.

    • @seanou2837
      @seanou2837 Рік тому +1

      almost all people of Spain have Arabic DNA..

    • @ghrtfhfgdfnfg
      @ghrtfhfgdfnfg Рік тому +5

      It would most likely come out overwhelmingly Iberian

    • @user-vl2mr8mr5u
      @user-vl2mr8mr5u Рік тому

      @@ghrtfhfgdfnfg most were Iberian

    • @user-vl2mr8mr5u
      @user-vl2mr8mr5u Рік тому

      @@ghrtfhfgdfnfg the moors

    • @ChromeMan04
      @ChromeMan04 11 місяців тому

      The Moriscos were mostly Muslim Spaniards lol.

  • @MegaAli213
    @MegaAli213 2 роки тому +11

    She is definitely of middle eastern heritage, no doubts about it and very beautiful.

  • @valerieduncan2397
    @valerieduncan2397 11 місяців тому

    Wow!! 😢
    When will society learn we ALL we're placed here for REASON!
    We are our brothers and sisters keepers!!!
    👀Around us and see the REAL world!!!!!
    IT’LL NEVER FADE AWAY!!!!!

  • @gmcwww
    @gmcwww 3 роки тому +21

    Rural Spain is so beautiful and seems like everyone is running away from it....

    • @swayamsouravdash2433
      @swayamsouravdash2433 3 роки тому +2

      This is a islammm redicallll chennel

    • @gmcwww
      @gmcwww 3 роки тому +13

      @@swayamsouravdash2433 I don't get your point, what does it get to do with what I said??

    • @swayamsouravdash2433
      @swayamsouravdash2433 3 роки тому +1

      @@gmcwww you are correct but al Jazeera is not good

    • @chinchanchou
      @chinchanchou 3 роки тому +3

      Este canal es pro árabe o me vas a decir que esta tipa no sabe que esos moriscos fueron anteriormente cristianos y paganos que fueron obligados a convertirse al islam con la onvasion árabe, reclama lo musulmana pero se olvida que ante fueron cristianos y los del norte con la reconquista los liberaron eso no lo cuentan y expulsaron a los qie eran musulmanes xq se conciedarabn muslanes olvidando que sus ancestros fueron por lo general paganos xq eran los más asesinados por no ser cristianos muslamnes

    • @andriwahyudani1302
      @andriwahyudani1302 3 роки тому +4

      @@swayamsouravdash2433 I think it depends on what your opinion 😅 I used to see CNN, and there's a lot of western perspectife right there

  • @samsunggalaxys8plus255
    @samsunggalaxys8plus255 2 роки тому +9

    I found this documentary was mind blowing... I am moslem from Indonesia, and in my school history I know one name Miguel Asin Palacios (The great schoolar in Islamic History). I think a young women in this documentary film would be his descendants because have same last name PALACIOS.

    • @AbuLaith1963
      @AbuLaith1963 2 роки тому +2

      Wasn't he a Roman Catholic priest? As such, the chance of his having direct descendants would be zero. His own family ancestry might, however, he Morisco.

  • @user-ib8vi6ez8n
    @user-ib8vi6ez8n 23 дні тому

    The Iberian Peninsula, both Spain and Portugal the languages have Arabic in it. When I mention it they have no idea. If you learn Arabic, being a Portuguese and Spanish speaker you will learn and notice how many words in Arabic are in both. They build infrastructure and made many wonderful contributions to humanity that they don’t get recognized for and that is not right. It should be celebrated and honored.

  • @mashudahmed4623
    @mashudahmed4623 2 роки тому +1

    Muy triste 😥 😞 😔

  • @mohammedabdulaleem21
    @mohammedabdulaleem21 2 роки тому +4

    I'm here after watching @zirrar stories.

  • @HusseinKureshi
    @HusseinKureshi 4 місяці тому

    My family name is Qurayshi ..i am from Pakistan and heard of Andalusia whikst attending college in the USA.. there i was interested in sufism and heard of Shaykh Ibn Arabi .... I never drramed i would ever see this land ..and now i live here in soain...its beautiful , soulful , romantic , sad and exotic ..

    • @HusseinKureshi
      @HusseinKureshi 4 місяці тому

      I admire people who have a longing in their soups to know who they are ..h am glad you found yourself

  • @gofar5185
    @gofar5185 3 роки тому +8

    search for the subconscious... begins in knowledge of roots...

    • @marioformosa4259
      @marioformosa4259 3 роки тому

      And that's only a small part of their roots. Imagine trying to go back to the Iberian, Roman etc

    • @jbvaav8474
      @jbvaav8474 2 роки тому

      That doesn't make any sense

  • @Khan_911
    @Khan_911 Рік тому +6

    Spain today invites sephardic jews from spain ancestry to give them spanish citizenship while they dont grant same to Moriscos who mostly live in Morocco today. Double standard at its best.

    • @MissSilencedogood
      @MissSilencedogood Рік тому

      No, I think they do. Although unless you can prove it they shouldn't allow just anyone to come.

    • @Khan_911
      @Khan_911 Рік тому +2

      @@MissSilencedogood not anyone, people in Morocco who come from Morisco roots cannot apply spanish citizenship today.

    • @MissSilencedogood
      @MissSilencedogood Рік тому

      @@Khan_911 Well if they don't qualify they can't come pretty simple. Their ancestors were expelled because they invaded and later waged war on the region. Once the war was over they still tried to convert people and cause problems of course they were asked to leave. There are many who decided to stay and assimilate as well those people were not expelled. If their descendants have the same notions it is still not welcome in Spain.

  • @TorahisLifeandLight
    @TorahisLifeandLight 3 роки тому +23

    Sephardic Jews and Moriscos got along and lived together back in 711AD and have similar transition of the exile and conversion to Christianity.

    • @owen-zw8xo
      @owen-zw8xo 3 роки тому +5

      ..Forced conversion to Christianity perhaps would be appropriate.

    • @charmingman144
      @charmingman144 3 роки тому

      @@owen-zw8xo Did you understand that Moriscos were forced to convert to Christianity. Nonetheless, they were expelled.

    • @TorahisLifeandLight
      @TorahisLifeandLight 3 роки тому +1

      @@owen-zw8xo I guess Christianity will cease to exist soon.....I think that will be greatly appropriate and goooooooood!!!

    • @chinchanchou
      @chinchanchou 3 роки тому +1

      @@charmingman144 before they were pagans who obligate to convert to islam tiene the North reconquest free this people and who lost the chrsitian tradition obligate to convertir this program is pro islam

    • @chinchanchou
      @chinchanchou 3 роки тому +2

      @@charmingman144 she don tknow the morisco oblugate to cknvert to islam befire were pagams and Christian 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

  • @khaalid1
    @khaalid1 3 роки тому +3

    Mashaallah aljazeera

  • @allanhunnicutt8887
    @allanhunnicutt8887 3 роки тому +1

    I am fascinted by the story of the NDlusIn diSPORA.

  • @rafayashfaqansari1324
    @rafayashfaqansari1324 10 днів тому

    Fascinating to watch that Spaniards are realising that their roots are different and they are reverting to Islam to whivh they actually belong and converted forcefully. I wish their forefathers cpuld see to cherish that atleast there descendants have got the blessings and liberty to go back to their religion after so many centuries of unjust and forceful conversion.

  • @abrahamoyevaar2226
    @abrahamoyevaar2226 5 місяців тому +3

    According to a dna test im North African and Native Peruvian on my Mothers side., North west European and Scandinavian on my Fathers side (Dutch) . With me rejecting Christianity as an illogical, blood thirsty and cruel interpretation of God as well as the falacy of the Trinity, It seems to me that i either become a pagan German, a pagan Inca, or Muslim. The more i investigate, the more Islam makes sense, and the glow i feel hearing the words of the Qur'an, make me seriously considering reverting to Islam after I learn more. Thank you All Jazeera. Peace and blessings be upon you.

    • @Yoo-yooYeshua
      @Yoo-yooYeshua 5 місяців тому +1

      Have u thought of looking into the Olympian Gods? If u accept Zues you will find yourself

    • @abrahamoyevaar2226
      @abrahamoyevaar2226 5 місяців тому

      @@Yoo-yooYeshua funny stuff. You should do comedy for a living. Literary split my sides with the hilarity. Yoo Yoo Yeshua. Ooooh very funny and serious. You must be such a deep and many layered person?

    • @juanjhonsoy
      @juanjhonsoy 5 місяців тому +2

      Jesús sea lo que sea nunca mató o mandó a violar mujeres. Creía que por una lucha pacífica típica Gandhi, Israel iba a ser un país libre de los romanos, que al final fracasó y por eso dijo "Padre porque me has abandonado", sin embargo, su imagen aún sigue vivo 2000 años después.
      Mahoma por otra parte, cuando predicó no todos le escucharon (como a Jesús), pero al contrario que este cada año se hacía más violento contra aquellos que no querían escucharle, así hasta que logró conquistar toda la península arábiga, lamentablemente derramando sangre

    • @abrahamoyevaar2226
      @abrahamoyevaar2226 5 місяців тому

      @@juanjhonsoy don't speak Spanish. Sorry. Perdon ame Mi Espanol es terrible. Yo no able Espanol

  • @marioformosa4259
    @marioformosa4259 3 роки тому +5

    It would be great if these people find out not only their Morisco ancestors but the the Spanish ancestors of the Moriscos

    • @zeeshanhasan2618
      @zeeshanhasan2618 2 роки тому +1

      The earliest fossil evidence of early modern humans appears in Africa around 300000 years ago so why don't u accept the fact that u came from Africa

    • @giltedged7529
      @giltedged7529 2 роки тому +1

      @@zeeshanhasan2618 You mean when they walked on all fours/

    • @zeeshanhasan2618
      @zeeshanhasan2618 2 роки тому

      @@giltedged7529 what

    • @indiotspoopoutd00rs99
      @indiotspoopoutd00rs99 2 роки тому +1

      @@zeeshanhasan2618 ignore her she's an inbred & doing it with her uncle

    • @Ser3456
      @Ser3456 8 місяців тому

      Most of these Moriscos are are Iberians/Spaniards who became Muslim and started speak Arabic.

  • @abduls9316
    @abduls9316 2 роки тому +2

    RIP Prof. Trevor Dodson.

  • @mashudahmed4623
    @mashudahmed4623 2 роки тому +1

    Paula eres muy linda y hermosa 💖

  • @uzujorge
    @uzujorge Рік тому +2

    Dios Mio, que injusticia enorme..

  • @laika3916
    @laika3916 10 місяців тому +3

    The Visigoths (whoever they were) always seem to get a bad rap in everything. They're kind of like the zombies in a video game.

  • @allanhunnicutt8887
    @allanhunnicutt8887 3 роки тому +11

    Brilliant! My kind of stuff. Have you seen 'The Myth of the Andalusian paradise'?

  • @mirandapillsbury7885
    @mirandapillsbury7885 2 роки тому +18

    Arubia in Moroccan literally means "countryside".

    • @fadyal-qaisy5213
      @fadyal-qaisy5213 Рік тому

      Indeed, most of the Arabs who settled in Morocco and spain were mainly peasants from Palestine and Syria and from Egypt to a lesser extent

  • @celtiberian07
    @celtiberian07 11 місяців тому +3

    Some of my family came from huelva and where gitano

  • @davidchavez6037
    @davidchavez6037 3 роки тому +1

    Cannot understand the name of the drink. Minute 6:07. Some help please

    • @zena8226
      @zena8226 3 роки тому +4

      She said "con unos amigos tomando" which means "with some friends drinking." So it is assumed that they were drinking alcohol

    • @paolazo-l4790
      @paolazo-l4790 3 роки тому

      tomando algo : drinking something

  • @nizamuddinahmed9201
    @nizamuddinahmed9201 3 роки тому +18

    Insahallah glory will come back

    • @_robustus_
      @_robustus_ 3 роки тому

      Salaam will prevail, inshallah.

    • @marioformosa4259
      @marioformosa4259 3 роки тому +2

      It's already there. Spain is a wonderful country. And it is a member of NATO

    • @yahyamcwolfing8487
      @yahyamcwolfing8487 3 роки тому

      @@marioformosa4259 Not only Spain, Portugal, too. This time we will reconquer the whole Iberian peninsula insha'a Allah.

    • @girdharsingh4287
      @girdharsingh4287 3 роки тому +3

      Inshallah christian will reconquer their land in North Africa. Reconquista 2.0!

    • @yahyamcwolfing8487
      @yahyamcwolfing8487 3 роки тому +1

      @@girdharsingh4287 You know deep inside that what you said is never going to happen. Insha'a Allah

  • @mothersoul1
    @mothersoul1 3 роки тому +6

    This is heart breaking. Try Nabil Matar's books

    • @marioformosa4259
      @marioformosa4259 3 роки тому

      Recovering one's country is heart-breaking?

    • @suprauro
      @suprauro 2 роки тому

      A bunch of wilds is not heart breaking

  • @awayforwardtosucces123go
    @awayforwardtosucces123go 2 місяці тому

    If your heart has feeling of Islam, The Name " Allah subhan o wa talah " has an impact on your emotions, then there is no doubt of you being muslim. Go Catch Islam as soon as possible before it is too late.

  • @user-ki5du7ht5h
    @user-ki5du7ht5h 8 місяців тому

    Winners had the powers to do all kinds of abuses to those who lost the battle. So, this is a true documentary about history.

  • @allies7184
    @allies7184 2 роки тому +7

    When I was told I had Spanish in me I was also told I have Coptic Egyptian. I learned the Copts are not Muslim, but Christian. So my ancestors were African, but not Muslim/Moor.

  • @shlmel
    @shlmel 3 роки тому +16

    👏👏👏"Amazing video" | 🤔 "Strange how they had documents for everything until she wanted the name of her Family story to be read in documents or at least a story about her Family. It was as if she was being vetted and they are being careful not to make up her mind for her or repeat the past by letting their history disappear from that place. Even though she is leaving, that is part of her history too - but those that are staying want the history to stay there too. I wonder how her quest would open up to her if she stayed & married which would have written her Family name into the lineage & custom of that place by coming back & marrying into an assimilated Christian/Muslim relationship. But I guess she didn't feel a strong enough connection when her Family member showed her the pictures of her dark skinned relative & the Woman she drank tea with explained the spiritual connection, "even when you are alone you are not lonely. In the end, only she can decide and maybe one day she will"🕋

    • @giltedged7529
      @giltedged7529 2 роки тому +1

      Much ado about nothing apart from the Muslim propaganda expenditure by Al Jazeera.The lady is Spanish and looks Spanish

    • @shlmel
      @shlmel 2 роки тому +1

      @@giltedged7529 Her Family was "Showing her they survived by intermarrying & still practice their culture, but she couldn't grasp the energy of that way of life. So when she asked certain questions, the record keeper would not give her the information she wanted because that type of information was to stay in that Country. This is how they survived for so long.

    • @indiotspoopoutd00rs99
      @indiotspoopoutd00rs99 2 роки тому +1

      @@giltedged7529 what propaganda scumbag

    • @themechanictangerine4337
      @themechanictangerine4337 2 роки тому +2

      How about a full stop from time to time.

  • @TorahisLifeandLight
    @TorahisLifeandLight 3 роки тому +22

    It's so interesting , many of the descendants of the Moriscos have Sephardic surnames like Martinez etc. I think the Moriscos intermarried Sephardim

    • @chinchanchou
      @chinchanchou 3 роки тому +1

      Martinez is spanish surname no jewish, the jewish when convert adotp spanish surnames ignorant!! All who read in Internet are true

    • @abbad707
      @abbad707 3 роки тому +2

      Martinez is Jewish? Tf it’s so common in the new world lol

    • @chinchanchou
      @chinchanchou 3 роки тому +1

      @@abbad707 is spanish not jewish ignorante

    • @_robustus_
      @_robustus_ 3 роки тому

      @@chinchanchou
      Everybody who wanted to stay in Spain took spanish names. Some names were taken more than others. Martinez and Rodriguez are 2 such names.

    • @chinchanchou
      @chinchanchou 3 роки тому

      @@_robustus_ no this surname are spanish not jewish or muslim only a minority who convert adopt the surname of the "padrino" de bautismo but much conserv your ethnic surnames

  • @flintwestwood3596
    @flintwestwood3596 2 роки тому +10

    "Cruelty of this expulsion..." it's more cruel when their country was conquered and invaded. If you don't want cruelty of being kicked out of a place, then don't invade what is not yours in the first place. Fool.

  • @zruuzr
    @zruuzr 3 роки тому +11

    Allahu akbar My sister

    • @marioformosa4259
      @marioformosa4259 3 роки тому

      He loves everyone, especially the Spanish people

    • @arolemaprarath3248
      @arolemaprarath3248 2 роки тому +1

      No to Islam.

    • @intergalacticfederation431
      @intergalacticfederation431 2 роки тому

      ACCORDING TO YOUR BIBLE JESUS AND LUCIFER ARE ONE😂😂😂😂😂 ?
      Read
      Isalah 14:12 "I New laternational Version
      How you have fallen from heaven O' Lucifer " SON OF THE MORNING STAR" how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nation
      Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine
      angel to testify these to the churches. that I am the root,
      and the offspring of
      David, and the bright
      "MORNING STAR"
      😂😂😂😂😂😂
      Wake up Christians you are worshipping the devil😂😂😂😂😂😥

    • @Konoronn
      @Konoronn Рік тому

      Ew.

    • @MissSilencedogood
      @MissSilencedogood Рік тому

      NO.