North Africa
Egypt
Post-colonial
Arabic (بين القصرين)
Fiction
First novel of the Cairo Trilogy, following the al-Jawad family in Cairo during WWI, exploring themes of tradition, modernity, and Egyptian nationalism.
Literary Significance
Part of trilogy that won Mahfouz the Nobel Prize in Literature (1988)
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editorial-summarynot primary textFirst novel of the Cairo Trilogy, following the al-Jawad family in Cairo during WWI, exploring themes of tradition, modernity, and Egyptian nationalism. Part of trilogy that won Mahfouz the Nobel Prize in Literature (1988)
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