Books
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Children of the alley | Naguib Mahfouz | The tale of a Mafia-like don in Egypt. He lives in a mansion in Cairo, uphill at the end of an alley whose inhabitants he exploits. He is the patriarch of a large family whose wealth comes from deali… | OL10355958W |
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Palace Walk (Bayna al-qasrayn) | Naguib Mahfouz | This is the first book in the Cairo Trilogy by Nobel Prize winning Egyptian author Mahfouz. Set in the early twentieth century the story concerns the domineering head of a traditional well-to-do fami… | OL11356421W |
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Khan al-Khalili | Naguib Mahfouz | "The completion of Khan al-Khalili in 1945 marked a turning point in Naguib Mahfouz's career. Departing from the traditional themes drawn from Egyptian antiquity that characterize the author's earlie… | OL13749757W |
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Midaq Alley | Naguib Mahfouz | Centers around the residents of one of the hustling, teeming back alleys of Cairo. | OL1599750W |
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 | Tom Downey,David Rakoff,Joe Sacco,Kurt Vonnegut,Ian McEwan,Judy Budnitz,Art Spiegelman,Michael Lewis,Guy Delisle,Naguib Mahfouz,Miranda July,Gipi,Dave Eggers,村上春樹,Julia Sweeney,Matt Groening,David Foster Wallace,Rick Moody,George Saunders,Jeff Parker,Cat Bohannon,The Lincoln Group,Shaw, Sam | Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literature, including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects. | OL17771376W |
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Children of the Alley | Naguib Mahfouz | A poor Cairo father represents God and his sons, Jesus, Mohammed and other profits (from Christian Science Monitor 9/06/2006) | OL8036074W |