Olé to Allah

ojalá = insha'ala?
olé = allah?

It's commonly known that many Spanish words have their roots in Arabic, such as medina, alceitun (olive), and not to mention names coming from Arabic which is (almost) ubiquitous in southern Spain, because of the Moorish past. But these two new discoveries really made my day!

Today I'm just cross posting a piece I read recently which I really like Olé to Allah: New York's Latino Muslims. It is about young latinos converting to Islam.

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