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...RDOBA, Spain—Tourists from all over the world come here for one reason: to see the Mezquita (Spanish for “mosque”) that was built when Cordoba was part of the Muslim-ruled kingdom of al-Andalus. Although it is widely considered to be one of the finest achievements of the Western Islamic Empire, you wouldn’t know it from reading the information pamphlet provided at the entrance...
...first of its kind in Argentina, highlighting as yet relatively undiscovered Argentine artisanal cheeses based on European styles. The maître fromager encourages producers to age cheeses exclusively for the restaurant. Tasting plates served at a marble communal counter table include an earthy brie from Córdoba; Cordon, a goat's cheese from Mendoza aged 15 months; and Morbier, Manchego and Parmesan-inspired cheeses matched with fresh-fruit marmalades and outstanding Argentine malbecs and cabernet sauvignons...
That's a truth that non-Muslim Europeans might do well to remember; after all, in Europe's Dark Ages, it was great European Muslim universities like the one in Córdoba that kept the lamp of learning alight. Islam's stress on education helped propel London barrister Azeem Suterwalla through Oxford and Harvard. "My religion gives me drive and purpose," he says, and it has also helped shape his political and professional views, giving him "a feeling of obligation" to help the Muslim umma. It was a concern about the state of Muslims in Gaza and Kashmir that...
...paramilitary commander known only as 08 is lounging on the porch of a ranch house in the hamlet of Santa Fé de Ralito, in Colombia's northern Córdoba province. It's an area dotted with elaborate new mansions, and many of them, local ranchers say, belong to leaders of the bloodthirsty paramilitary groups known as the Colombian Self-Defense Forces (AUC). U.S. officials claim the mansions were built with the millions of dollars AUC members allegedly earn moonlighting as cocaine smugglers. But crew-cut 08, guzzling black coffee and smoking cigarettes, denies it all. "We've never...
...Madrid newspaper El Pa?s - has gone platinum. All this success has surprised even Las Ketchup, who grew up in a big musical family but never expected to have a hit with Asereje - or any song at all. Just a year ago, the three sisters from Córdoba had never performed as a group in public. They didn't even have a demo tape. Pilar, who insists, "I am an actress above all," was focused on her stage and screen career. Lola was studying industrial relations at a local college. Only Lucia, a flamenco singer and the youngest...