Tag Archives: Andalusia

To Andalusia..

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Taline Voskeritchian

A slightly revised version of a dispatch originally posted in summer, 2011. Madrid, Barrio of Trafalgar, May 2011 It was Mahmoud Darwish, by his own personal and poetic admission a lover of Andalusia, who said about love—that love is either … Continue reading →

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From the Archives–travel: Spain 2

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~ This essay was originally on June 4, 2011, shortly after we had visited Sacromonte inAndalusia.  It was later published on the blog of the radio program “On Being.”  ~~ The Trail to Sacromonte The road may be—and almost always … Continue reading →

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Do you know the way to Sacromonte?

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~This post originally appeared on this blog; then it migrated to the blog of the radio program “On Being;” and now it is back in its home.  This homecoming today is an occasion for celebration in an otherwise mostly dreary … Continue reading →

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Do You Know the Way to Sacromonte? is now on “On Being” Blog

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~My essay, with photographs by Tamar Salibian, re-titled Do You Know the Way to Sacromonte?, is now posted on the blog of the radio program, “On Being.” An earlier version appeared on Passages Home.  Good reading!~~

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To Andalusia…

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Taline Voskeritchian

It was Mahmoud Darwish, by his own personal and poetic admission a lover of Andalusia, who said about love—that love is either the longing for its arrival or the mourning of its loss.  In the poem ‘Intadzerha (Wait for her), … Continue reading →

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From my files: The Lanterns of Seville by Abdel Salam Al-Ujaili

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Taline Voskeritchian

Note: The Lanterns of Seville is one of the masterpieces of modern Arabic literature. This translation, with Tania Tamari Nasir, appeared in the June 2005 issue of the on-line magazine of international writing, Words Without Borders. To my knowledge, it … Continue reading →

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