This novel narrates the last days of the Arabian capital of Sicily (1068-1072): Palermo., Al Madinah! It also narrates the events preceding the Norman conquest as well as the cultural climate prevailing in Muslim Sicily at the time.The author has tried as much as possible to faithfully recreate the last days of a neglected and long forgotten civilisation.AL MADINAHAl-Madinah is the city!This is how Palermo was lovingly called by its Arabian inhabitants.Not by chance such name,unique among Arabian towns,recalls the main city of Islam: Medina!