Sukkariyya
E131186
Sukkariyya is the original Arabic title of Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Sugar Street," the third book in his acclaimed Cairo Trilogy depicting the life of a Cairene family across generations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sukkariyya canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1129544 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sukkariyya Context triple: [Sugar Street, originalTitle, Sukkariyya]
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Ishbak
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Jowhar
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Kadmat
Kadmat is a coral island in India’s Lakshadweep archipelago, known for its white-sand beaches, clear lagoons, and vibrant marine life that make it a popular destination for snorkeling and diving.
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D.
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Ballana
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sukkariyya Target entity description: Sukkariyya is the original Arabic title of Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Sugar Street," the third book in his acclaimed Cairo Trilogy depicting the life of a Cairene family across generations.
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A.
Ishbak
Ishbak is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had later in life.
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B.
Jowhar
Jowhar is a town in southern Somalia that serves as the capital of the Middle Shabelle region and an important agricultural and administrative center.
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C.
Kadmat
Kadmat is a coral island in India’s Lakshadweep archipelago, known for its white-sand beaches, clear lagoons, and vibrant marine life that make it a popular destination for snorkeling and diving.
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D.
Afgooye
Afgooye is a town in southern Somalia located near Mogadishu, known historically as an agricultural and trading center along the Shabelle River.
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E.
Ballana
Ballana is an important archaeological site in Lower Nubia known for its rich group of royal tumulus graves from the post-Meroitic period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Naguib Mahfouz ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| depicts |
Cairene family life
ⓘ
multi‑generational family saga ⓘ |
| follows | Palace of Desire ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | Sugar Street ⓘ |
| includedIn |
The Cairo Trilogy
ⓘ
surface form:
Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy
|
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | part of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz’s major work ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
generational conflict
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political transformation ⓘ social change in Egypt ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third‑person narrative ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad
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surface form:
al‑Sayyid Ahmad Abd al‑Jawad
members of the Abd al‑Jawad family ⓘ |
| originalTitleOf | Sugar Street ⓘ |
| partOf | The Cairo Trilogy ⓘ |
| precedes | none ⓘ |
| publicationForm | prose ⓘ |
| seriesOrdinal | 3 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Egypt ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Cairo ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th‑century Egypt ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sukkariyya Description of subject: Sukkariyya is the original Arabic title of Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Sugar Street," the third book in his acclaimed Cairo Trilogy depicting the life of a Cairene family across generations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.