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The Sword of MedinaClick here to see the new Sword trailer!A'isha, the youngest wife of the Prophet Muhammad, charmed him with her wit and intelligence, eventually earning the confidence and respect of her husband and the community. When Muhammad dies without a successor, A'isha and her sister wives are devastated with grief and struggle in their new roles as Mothers of the Believers without his presence. Even worse, the Muslim community is thrown into turmoil as a Bedouin army threatens its very survival.
After losing his Prophet and then his beloved wife, Ali, the Prophet's only surviving heir, is torn. The newly chosen leadership of the faith is pressuring him to swear allegiance to them, while others urge him to seek power himself so he can lead the Muslim people as Muhammad intended.
 The Jewel of MedinaBorn Aisha bint Abi Bakr in seventh century Arabia, she would become the favorite wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and one of the most revered women in the Muslim faith. Married at the age of nine, The Jewel of Medina illuminates the difficult path Aisha confronted, from her youthful dreams of becoming a Bedouin warrior, to her life as the beloved wife and confidant of the founder of Islam.Extensively researched and elegantly crafted, The Jewel of Medina presents the beauty and harsh realities of life in an age long past, during a time of war, enlightenment, and upheaval.
To simply open THE JEWEL of MEDINA is to change history. It means turning the page on a new reality in which we don’t accept a literal understanding of Islam in the world today. That is a very good thing. To be sure, not everyone will agree with the way novelist Sherry Jones wrote history. But, in just daring to imagine, she does something important for the pulse of the Muslim world: She breathes life into the forgotten women—and men—of Islam’s birth. They fly off the page and into your soul as spiritual warriors. We care about them. And that is a victory for humanity. A Reader Speaks Out About The Jewel of MedinaAsalamalakum (Peace to you) |
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Last year, I sat down to continue A'isha's story where "The Jewel of Medina" left off -- told in her inimitable poetic voice. But as I researched the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs, successors to the Prophet Muhammad after his death, I felt more and more sympathetic -- and empathetic -- toward Ali, A'isha's rival in "The Jewel of Medina" and the fourth ruler, after Muhammad, of the Islamic empire.
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