The Malaga town of Cútar, located in the heart of the Axarquía, will pay tribute to the Nasrid and Moorish women on March 8. The Andalusian footprint can still be seen in the urban layout and in some Mudejar vestiges that are preserved in the beautiful Andalusian village. In 2003, surprising manuscripts hidden for centuries in a house belonging to the illustrious alfaqi Muhammad al-Jayyar were discovered.

Among the relevant documents dating from the 15th century were a book of biographical and historical notes, legal and notarial acts, and a 13th century Almohad Koran. Precisely some of the interventions scheduled on March 8 in Cútar will focus on the analysis of the hidden manuscripts. The Arabist Bárbara Boloix, from the University of Granada, will speak about Women in the Arab documents of Cútar. Catalina Urbaneja, PhD in Modern History, will dedicate her lecture to Moorish women, between myth and reality. Both speakers will then participate in a panel discussion moderated by Bárbara Ruiz Bejarano, head of the Medinas Network.

The event will be inaugurated by the Mayor, Francisco Javier Ruiz, and the Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Malaga, Maria Isabel Calero. In the afternoon, the documentary Women in the Nasrid Alpujarra will be screened. The program will conclude with a concert dedicated to the Women of Sepharad.

Cútar was part of the taha de Comares. The most remarkable monument of the town of Malaga is the Mudejar Church of Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación, built in the sixteenth century on the site of an ancient mosque. In its interior, the Mudejar coffered ceiling and the rococo chapel with polychrome decoration that was incorporated to the complex at the end of the XVIII century stand out.