As the country looks to change its international image, new debates about the future of the Kingdom open up contentious ...

I’ve travelled on better-known luxury trains around the world, but I can say with absolute confidence that the Al Andalus ...

Al-Andalus was the 800-year period of Muslim rule in Spain, ending in 1492. Andrew Hussey journeys through Spain, searching for its legacy today in politics, art and architecture. Show more Professor ...

Madrid is best known today as the capital of Spain. Yet long before it gained this status, it was founded in the 9th century as a Muslim city by the Umayyad rulers of Al-Andalus. This origin, and the ...

The genesis for my book on the Islamic period on the Iberian Peninsula was a walk that my wife Veronica and I took in the hills near Estepona (in Málaga Province, Andalucía) some years ago. We made ...