رقص الإبل

Al-Talab belongs to the Hamar, camel and goat herders of western Kordofan, and loves his cousin Misk al-Janna, the daughter of a Circassian slave whom the tribe's women poisoned. Before either was born, his clan had promised him to a cousin among the Baggara cattle herders. While Al-Talab is away on the six-month autumn migration, his grandfather gives Misk al-Janna as a wife to the son of the judge of El Obeid in return for a deed to more land. Al-Talab goes to El Obeid to look for her and meets the Mahdi, who is preparing his call to revolt.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

402 pages in the original

Genres

Love, War, Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Sudan

First published

2022 by al-Hay'a al-Misriyya al-'Amma lil-Kitab

Author's age

73 when first published