Driven from her homeland as a small child. Raised for greatness. Her people loved her. Powerful men feared her. Governess, queen, PIRATE! Umm… someone call HBO because I’m ready to binge watch this show.
Well, sadly it hasn’t been made yet, but we’re here to tell you about your newest obsession and girl crush, Sayyida Al-Hurra. Moroccan queen. Terror of the seas and out to get your BOOTY!
We had never heard of this queen, whose actual birth name is lost to time, but now we cannot stop talking about her. We paired her with a fun pomegranate cocktail (recipe here) because, y’all. Our girl Isabella of Castile ran our new girl, Siyadda Al-Hurra, out of her homeland of Granada in the Reconquista. (There is SO MUCH crossover in this episode). After leaving Granada she grew up in THIS beautiful city that I have recently devoted a whole Pinterest wanderlust board to…
Oh and in case you missed it, Nathan has started treating our Patreon supporters to a new series called Booze Clues, where he drops clues to upcoming episodes while showing you how to make the cocktail. Here’s Sayyida’s delicious concoction.
So grab your martini shaker and settle in for a tail of one badass boss bitch. Cheers!
some cool sources:
- https://www.qaronline.org/blog/2020-05-25/pirate-profile-sayyida-al-hurra
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayyida_al_Hurra
- https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/January-2017/Malika-VI-Sayyida-Al-Hurra
Intro music by J Sparks Featuring Beyond Belief. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensed under creative commons by Attribution license 4.0 International