Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Naguib Mahfouz, offers this epic story of a single alley in Cairo and the generations that passed through it.
Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his... Læs mere
Follows the Al Jawad family into the awakening world of the 1920's and the sometimes violent clash between Islamic ideals, personal dreams and modern realities.... Læs mere
As Cairo shrugs off the final vestiges of colonialism, Ahmad Al Jawad has lost his power and surveys the world from a latticed balcony. Unable to control his family's... Læs mere
Essays of the Sadat Era is the second of four volumes that will see Mahfouz's non-fiction work translated into English for the first time.
This collection of his early writing, from his time as a student of philosophy, reveals the intellectual ferment of the young author, grappling with two millennia of philosophers and writers and establishing his own voice among them.
Essays of His Later Years is the last of four volumes in which Mahfouz’s non-fiction is translated into English for the first time.
Essays of the Early Mubarak Era is the third of four volumes in which Mahfouz’s non-fiction work is translated into English for the first time.