"Even Our Children Remember What They’ve Never Seen"

Narrow, winding streets paved with stone curve gently beneath Moorish arches. Olive oil lanterns flicker from carved wooden balconies, casting warm light onto stucco walls painted in earth tones. Fountains bubble in shaded courtyards, while the scent of orange blossoms drifts through the air. In the distance, the adhan echoes softly, weaving through a city alive with the hum of scholars, traders, poets, and artisans — a beacon of knowledge and light in medieval Europe.
I showed my son the image of Cordoba during the golden age — olive oil lanterns lighting stone streets, scholars and seekers walking beneath arches of Andalusian elegance.

“When would you rather live,” I asked.

He said: “There.”

Not now — with all our technology, screens, access, and noise.

But then, in a time when the soul could breathe.

Because something in the hearts of the pure still knows where truth once stood.

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