Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

Set in al-Andalus after the surrender of Granada in 1492, the novel follows the fictional al-Hudayl family as Castilian rule closes around the remaining Muslim population. Their household must respond to forced conversion, the destruction of Arabic books and the growing power of the Inquisition while deciding whether to submit, resist or leave the land their family has inhabited for generations. Through domestic loyalties and political fear, the book portrays the end of Muslim Granada and the human consequences of the Reconquista.