Andalusion

About the Book

What if tolerance was never the goal, just the bait? Andalusion is not a history book. It’s an intellectual detonation. Blending satire, philosophy, and razor-sharp political analysis, Rauda Altenaiji takes a sledgehammer to the polished myth of Andalusia, the so-called golden age of coexistence, and exposes how it became the ultimate PR campaign for modern-day Islamist opportunism. From weaponised nostalgia to academic gaslighting, this book unpacks how identity politics, selective memory, and ideological cowardice have allowed extremist narratives to spread like wildfire through the very societies they seek to dismantle. This is not a West-versus-East story. It’s reason versus delusion. Whether you’re a scholar, a sceptic, or someone just trying to make sense of why your campus protest feels more like a sermon, Andalusion will challenge what you think, shake what you believe, and force you to answer the one question no one wants to ask: What if the myth was the threat all along?

About the Author

Rauda Altenaiji is a 22-year-old Emirati woman who thinks too deeply, explores too boldly, and speaks far too honestly for the comfort of most institutions. She’s not a ‘voice from the region’—she is the mic, the stage, and the fire alarm all at once. Obsessed with philosophy, politics, and psychology, Rauda doesn’t just study ideologies. She hunts them. She’s a competitive racer by passion, a geopolitical analyst by instinct, and a cultural disruptor by design. Explorative and adventurous, her work stretches from circuit tracks to global think tanks, from directing short films on ideological brainwashing to going viral, dismantling Western delusions in under 280 characters. While others tiptoe around ideology in fear of offending, Rauda dissects it with surgical satire and principled rage. She doesn’t cater to applause. She dismantles narratives, exposes cowardice, and builds bridges only when they’re fireproof. Rauda doesn’t write for applause. She writes for impact. And if Andalusion makes you uncomfortable, good. That means it’s working.