The Ornament of the World
زخرف العالم
Michael Schwarz's PBS documentary based on Maria Rosa Menocal's book on eight centuries of convivencia in medieval al-Andalus.
At a glance
- Identifiers
- imdb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Non-Muslim minorities under Muslim rulePeace-making and coexistenceArts of the book
Screening Room
- Format
- Documentary · Muslim history or life carries the story
- Released
- 2019 CE · 1440 AH†
- Countries
- US
- Languages
- en (original)
- Approach
- documentary
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- The Ornament of the Worldزخرف العالم
Where to watch officially: official-free · Listed, not endorsed.
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People and things also explored
Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain· When the Moors Ruled in Europe· Rabee' Qurtuba· Saqr Quraish· تسليم غرناطة ودخول النصارى الحمراء· The Alhambra· جامع قرطبة· خزانة كتب قصر قرطبة
Sources
- IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “The Ornament of the World”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/zukhruf-al-alam-2019/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.