This video is about the influence of the Arabic language on Spanish and Portuguese, mainly due to Islamic rule in Al-Andalus.
Learners of Spanish, visit: http://bit.ly/pod101spanish. For Portuguese: http://bit.ly/portuguesepod101. For Arabic: http://bit.ly/arabicpod101.

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Music

Intro: “Oud Dance” by Doug Maxwell.
Body: East of Tunesia by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Outro: “Rocka” by Text Me Records / Bobby Renz.

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