A look at the famous Arab poet "Al khansa"; her tribal spirit and her vengeful inclinations that transformed into a peaceful conversion to Islam.
S1 E1: Episode 1
Abu Qurra asks for Al Khansa hand from her father, but she disapproves of him. As her brother, Muawiya, tries to convince her to accept, Al Khansa decides to test Aba Qurra.
S1 E2: Episode 2
Despite her objection, Al Khansa gets forcibly married to a gambling addict. As she falls pregnant, Sakhr tries to get her husband to treat her well, but the latter leaves Al Khansa behind and travels, never to return.
S1 E3: Episode 3
As Al Khansa cares for her ill father, she gets a new suitor in Merdas. Al Khansa tries to convince Sakhr to give up his campaign against a rival tribe.
S1 E4: Episode 4
As Muawiya prepares for a confrontation with Hashem Ibn Harmela, everyone tries to get him to change his mind. After a year of rallying people to his banner, Muawiya marches against Hashem, only to be killed.
S1 E5: Episode 5
Sakhr swears to avenge his late brother, but decides to be patient as he comes up with a plan. As Muawiya's family is offered bloodwit (diya), they refuse. Hashem is killed by Quais Al-Jashmy.
S1 E6: Episode 6
When a rival tribe raids their own, Sakhr fights off the invaders, much to his wife's rage as her husband returns injured.
S1 E7: Episode 7
Despite the severity of his injury, Sakhr refuses medical treatment and only agrees to see a healer after much insistence. However, the intervention comes too late, and Sakhr passes away from his injuries.
S1 E8: Episode 8
As Al Khansa mourns her brother, coming up with an elegy for him that soon earns her repute as a poet, she hears the news from Makkah about the teachings of Prophet Mohammad.
S1 E9: Episode 9
Al Khansa tries to learn more about Prophet Mohammad's teachings as his calling gets dismissed and ridiculed by his opponents, who decide to mobilize against him.
S1 E10: Episode 10
Banu Aws and Banu Khazraj ally with Prophet Mohammad. Al Khansa learns more about Islam, deciding to convert with the approach of the 8th year after the hijra (migration to Medina).
S1 E11: Episode 11
Al Khansa's son prepares to join the Muslims as they prepare for a battle against the infidels. Al Khansa keeps the memory of her brother Sakhr alive.
S1 E12: Episode 12
As Prophet Mohammad passes away, Abu Bakr becomes the caliph. Many Muslims convert back in the wake of Mohammad's death, including Al Khansa's son who gets opposed by his mother. The Ridda Wars (Wars of Apostasy) break out.
S1 E13: Episode 13
Years after her brothers' death, Al Khansa decides to end her mourning over them. As Abu Bakr mobilizes the army to fight the apostates, Al Khansa's sons join the army's ranks and are martyred during the battle. Al-Khansa dies alone.
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