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Ahlan wa sahlan!

Highland Hearthglow will return to ThorpeWood on January 24th, 2026. This year we will celebrate the culture of the Golden Age of al-Andalus, taking us to the city of Córdoba around the year 900 CE. This event will focus on the music, poetry, fashion, and of course food, in the context of shared culture among Muslims of both Arab and Amazigh origin, Jews, and Christians living in the Umayyad Caliphate. We will immerse ourselves in two aspects of social culture, both celebrating Id Yanayyir, also called Nayruz, the formerly Roman New Year which was celebrated by everyone in the city. We will be celebrating the Great Minds of al-Andalus throughout the event, especially Ziryab, the great taste-maker of the time.

We will hold a formal Banquet to mark the occasion in our صلاة أفراح (Salaat Afrah – “Hall of Celebrations”) located on the upper floor of the lodge, and the lower floor will be set as our صحن السلام (Ṣaḥn al-Salām – “Courtyard of Peace”) which will feature this year’s portrait opportunity and the wide variety of Arts, Sciences, and Diversions Mu’allimah Tala and her team are preparing. Our halls will be filled with performances celebrating al-Andalus, and we will have a full-feature stream for the event with both live content from the event and digital displays from those participating remotely. Use the menus above to explore the content for this event as it develops.

We look forward to welcoming all of the Known World into our hall, in one fashion or another. Until then, ma’a salama!

Noble Scandal mac Rofir,
Event Steward & Chief Cook

مع السلامة