رقعة الشطرنج

رقعة الشطرنج (The Chessboard) is a historical adventure set amid the rivalries of the medieval Islamic world, as the Ayyubid and Mamluk dynasties struggle for supremacy. Kings and sultans move their pawns across a political and military chessboard, weaving plots, alliances, and betrayals in the pursuit of power, while ordinary lives are caught up in the schemes of the powerful.

Part of Sami Mokaddem's Arabic historical series for younger readers, the novel dramatises real dynastic conflict through the metaphor of a great game of strategy — a story of intrigue, ambition, and shifting loyalties told at an accessible, propulsive pace.