Published in English for the first time, and the only Arabic epic named for a woman, The Tale of Princess Fatima recounts the thrilling adventures of a legendary medieval warrior universally known throughout the Middle East and long overdue to join world literature's pantheon of female heroines. A Penguin Classic The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman is the longest extant Arabic epic, and the only one named for a woman—the sword-slinging Princess Fatima, a fearsome warrior known alternately as "she-wolf," "woman of high resolve," and "calamity of the soul," who defeated countless male warriors in stealth attacks on horseback. The epic retells a part of the history of Arabic culture, beginning in the Umayyad period (seventh century) and ending with the Arab-Byzantine wars (twelfth century). The action begins in the Arabian Peninsula, and then moves north to the Arab-Byzantine border (present-day Syria-Turkey border), following the adventures of Dhat...

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