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The books that lay hidden behind a wall for five centuries in Spain (english.elpais.com)

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“In all the world it never happened / what happened in Al-Andalus,” wrote Mohammad al-Yayyar in one of his poems, a Muslim scholar who was forced to either convert to Christianity or leave his homeland.

Around 1500, forced to convert to Christianity or leave his homeland, he decided to do the latter. In the hope of returning, he hid three manuscripts in a wall of his house: the two books written by him and a Koran dating from the 12th or 13th century. They were never seen again until workers dislodged them while doing renovation work at a house in the village.

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