Al-Andalus
HISTORY
CULTURE
Fanzine
HISTORY
CULTURE
Fanzine
The culture where I come from
Series of illustrations based on the work of the Andalusian professor, writer, musician, and activist Antonio Manuel. The illustrations depict Andalusi words which, in one way or another, reflect the deep roots they have in Spanish culture.
Al Arabiya/Algarabía
Word formed from the Arabic terms “Al-ʻgarb” (west) and “arabiya” (Arabic language), which referred to the Arabic spoken in the West, or Andalusi Arabic.
Gar Anat/Granada
Pilgrims’ Hill. The last kingdom of Al-Andalus.
Leyla
Night. When in summer all the neighbors go out into the street to share their time and experiences.
Jameela/Yamila
Beautiful. This is what they say to brides in some points of North Africa, while they parade them through their neighborhood on a throne under a canopy.
La ilaha illa allah
“There is no god but God”. To this day, in flamenco families, the first time a newborn’s nails are cut, it is done by a woman while singing, hidden behind a door. It is done so that the newborn will sing well when they grow up. The sacred chants of Muslims and Moriscos have survived through the centuries by adapting to their surroundings, hiding within words, mutating, camouflaging, outwitting death.
Falâh Mancûb / Flamenco
Marginalized, dispossessed, humiliated, and afflicted peasant, from whom both the material and the spiritual have been taken away.
Wa-l-ãjira / Guajira
The hereafter, the afterlife. Song of departure and return.
Mawta Rihla / Matarile
The journey of death.
Mudayyan / Mudéjar
Domesticated, the one who has been allowed to stay.
I´m an independent illustrator & art director experienced in advertising agencies and creative dives.
(Andalucía, 1986) Rised beside olive trees and spray cans, I´ve developed my work between Madrid and Barcelona to conceptualisation, illustration, creative and art direction, as well as photo and video shooting, video editing and motion graphics.
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