DiscoverWhat'sHerNameTHE FREE AND INDEPENDENT WOMAN Sayyida al Hurra
THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT WOMAN Sayyida al Hurra

THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT WOMAN Sayyida al Hurra

Update: 2025-04-041
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Nobody knows her real name. But this "Uncontested Pirate Queen of the Western Mediterranean" certainly earned her title: the Sayyida al Hurra, the Free and Independent Woman. From child refugee fleeing the Spanish Inquisition, to ruling Governor of Tetouan, to the Sultana of Morocco - Sayyida was never one to follow the path society had laid out for her.


Author Laura Sook Duncome helps us uncover the mystery of the one and only actual Pirate Queen.


Music featured in this episode provided by Farya Faraji, Astron, The Tides, Doug Maxwell, The Mini Vandals, and Patrick Patrikios.

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