حصن التراب

As his father lies dying, a man hears from him a family history he half knew. Through the family of Muhammad de Molina the novel follows the Spanish Inquisition and the expulsion of the Moriscos: ordinary people whom political and religious power forced to choose between renouncing their faith and leaving, who were not spared the gallows and torture, who were expelled for being Arabs and Muslims, and who were rejected in their new land for being Spanish Christians. Drawing on unofficial history and invention, the novel uses video and music as part of its storytelling.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

265 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Spain

First published

2017 by Dar al-Ain

Author's age

39 when first published