Al-Andalus Women

The Gentle Gender of Al –Andalus Women made important achievements that helped Muslim Spain, referred to as Al-Andalus, flourish. Some will disagree with my statement, however according to my knowledge of this topic; Muslim women of Al- Andalus achieved many effects that other women from different religions have not. They had equal rights, just as men did; they had the freedom that people have not admitted they had. They helped society in giving Muslim women a higher level of status. These women helped build politics and culture. Furthermore, they achieved awareness for being creative in literature and poetry. Dr. Aid 'a Khaled, a woman, who wrote a research paper about the role of Andalusian women, during the era of Al-Andalus,
In the book, ‘I Am, by God, Fit for High Positions’: On the Political Role of Women in al-Andalus, written by Nada Mourtada-Sabbah and Adrian Gully, discuss how “Women in Al- Andalus have been fraught with ambiguity for the approximately one century of scholarship of the subject” (pg.183). This quote explains how many individuals had an idea of Andalusian women at that time; nonetheless, most of this was a misconception. Most thought of these women was inaccurate. This leaves a mysterious background or a missing piece to the puzzle. Some may believe that Andalusian women had no role rather than being caretakers for their families, while others believed that some were teachers, poets, politicians, and
They mention the political power side of women. They wrote that mothers and household women had a part of the shura (an Arabic word for consultation) that helped shape politics and made easier decisions on military issues for the king. The Amazigh (Berber) commander Yusuf Ibn Tashufin, who brought Abdullah Ibn Buluggin 's forces to its end, relied on his wife Zaynab’s strategic advices (“City of Lights”: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain). It is worth mentioning that women 's opinions were important and taken