Attitudes towards the Other in Muslim Poetry and Letters in Andalusia

This book engages in the study of medieval poetry, focuses on the study of the interaction between Muslim and Jewish culture in Andalusia and the influence of Arab culture on Hebrew in various fields. This book is considered a breakthrough in comparative literature, deals with the relationship between Muslims and Jews, the figure of the Other in Muslim poetry, and concretely in Muslim poetry and the exchange of letters between Muslim and Jewish poets. This research sheds light on how the other is described and perceived, in this case the Other is the Jew in Islam and poetry, and especially in the Middle Ages under Muslim rule in Andalusia and the Mamluk period.

This text is essential for clarifying the relationship that existed in the Andalusian period from the point of view of the poets of the period who are considered an authentic source and not according to the history written about the period.