North Africa
Egypt
Contemporary
Arabic
Fiction
Continuing the story where Scheherazade left off, Mahfouz sets new tales in a timeless Cairo, where djinn, sultans, and ordinary people live together. A meditation on justice, power, and the divine.
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One of Mahfouz's most imaginative late works; a reimagining of the foundational text of Arabic storytelling
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editorial-summarynot primary textContinuing the story where Scheherazade left off, Mahfouz sets new tales in a timeless Cairo, where djinn, sultans, and ordinary people live together. A meditation on justice, power, and the divine. One of Mahfouz's most imaginative late works; a reimagining of the foundational text of Arabic storytelling
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