The Andalusian Christ

Author: Taysir Khalaf Pages: 360 Year of publication: 2024 Publishing house: Munshurat Almutawassit Classification: Arabic literature, historical novels Book overview: The novel covers an aspect of the most brutal period in Islamic history in Al-Andalus after its fall, the Morisco period, where Muslims were forced to convert to Christianity, and then monitored to verify the "truth of their Christianity" through the Inquisition. From this dark point, from the trial of a Morisco lady and her murder, the novel begins taking 1592 as an exciting starting point. It was necessary for Gonthar, the Spanish Catholic man, to ignite doubt in his faithful heart about the true reason behind his mother's death, and why his mother said to him as she was dying: You are a Muslim Arab, and your name is Isa bin Muhammad. So what is the story, and what is the secret?