I wrote a piece for @ConversationUK and @Woolf_Institute on the union between Zaida, a Muslim princes, and Alfonso VI, king of Castile-Leon, on the occasion of both #Ramadan and the #RoyalWedding THREAD #medievaltwitter #twitterstorians theconversation.com/meet-the-musli… 1. Zaida's story has recently been in the UK media, as she allegedly connects the British Queen Elizabeth II with Prophet Muhammad (through Fatima and 'Ali). I like the tongue-in-cheek one from @TheEconomist: goo.gl/jEn2Zf