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Show Ender: De-coding the Alhambra

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Investigators are trying to catalog the thousands of Arabic inscriptions that cover the walls and columns of the Alhambra in Granada. The Alhambra was the last Moorish fort to fall to the Christians during the Spanish conquest. Its inscriptions shed light on its history. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Granada. And we end our broadcast with music from a New York-based ensemble called Alhambra. Listen