Attending William Granara’s presentation was very interesting and proposed several new ideas. It’s incredible to listen to someone with so much knowledge of such a detailed, unique topic. The paper sounded very intelligent but unfortunately, some of the information was beyond my knowledge so I wish I could have been more prepared. Even so, there were several ideas that I found very intriguing. Specifically, the idea of living together versus convenience for Christians, Muslims, and Jews was a point I had never thought of before.

In terms of “Granada,” William Granara also pointed out that the Jews were completely absent from the novel. While I read the book, I was completely oblivious to this fact because I was too caught up in the details to notice something so obvious.

Lastly, another provoking topic was of the history of Palestinians in terms of “al-Andalus.” There is so much more to discover about this topic in history and it is amazing to see how much new information is learned year after year of researching. I have such a narrow perspective of all that has happened in this world and it is always so interesting to add more and more to my own knowledge.