Mamlakat al-jawārī
Subtitle: riwāyah
By: Muḥammad al-Gharbī ʻUmrān
Publisher: Hachette Antoine
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Bayrūt
Language: ara
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9786144386293
Description: "Arwa al-Suhayli ruled Yemen for 40 years in the [Muslim] 5th century. She was the first queen of Islam and was popularly referred to as "the Noble Queen" and "the little Queen of Sheba." She is believed to have been independent, beautiful, highly intelligent, well educated, and talented in the womanly arts. Queen Arwa established schools and hospitals during her reign. This exciting biographical noivel sets the life of Queen Arwa against the backdrop of warring male factions who wanted to destroy her"--
Notes: Novel.