She refused to remain a slave among hundreds of others, and to gain her freedom, her only path was through learning. She became passionate about science and knowledge, and was known as a famous Andalusian calligrapher, eventually becoming a scribe for the Caliph. She is Lubna al-Qurtubiyya, whose life story we will learn about in this video. Her birth and upbringing: She is Lubna bint Abd al-Mawla, famously known as Lubna al-Qurtubiyya. She came to the