Title: Yaq̈teenya
Description: After ruling the territory of Al-Andalus (now modern-day Spain and Portugal) for hundreds of years, the Moors&#x2019; reign came to an end with the 1492 fall of Granada. According to Bahjatt&#x2019;s alternative history, the Moors fled Al-Andalus and came upon the warring tribes of Yaqteenya, whom they joined under the unifying flag of Islam. Claiming to be the last surviving Muslims, the Moors made a deal: they would help build Yaqteenya into a great civilization as long as nobody there returned to the old world and told Allah&#x2019;s enemies about Yaqteenya&#x2019;s existence. This agreement resulted in nearly 300 years of isolation and peace. Now, five chieftains deny the existence of the old world, question the veracity of Islam, and issue an ultimatum: the Moors and their followers must leave Yaqteenya or die. After a grueling year of bloodshed, Al-Baz Al-Monqad, the son of a chieftain who supports the Moors, decides to defy his father&#x2019;s wishes and venture beyond Yaqteenya&#x2019;s borders to determine whether the Moors have been telling the truth. An Arabic science fiction novel.
Subjects: Islam, Fiction, Civil war