In 1515, Sayyida al-Hurra (said to be an honorary name) was the last Islamic Queen and a crucial figure in the history of the Islamic West. Read this lively account of a woman who with her “ruthless pirate fleet” had control of most of the western Mediterranean Sea.
HISTORIC SPOTLIGHT ON: Islamic Pirate Queen Sayyida al-Hurra
Original article by Laura Sook Duncombe published in the Jezebel on 03/03/2015