The Harafish
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The Harafish is a celebrated novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that traces the rise and fall of a Cairo alley’s families across generations, blending mythic storytelling with social realism.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awlad Haratina | 1 |
| Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo novels | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Naguib Mahfouz ⓘ |
| authorAward | Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| authorAwardedForBodyOfWork | Naguib Mahfouz ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Egyptian ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
mythic fiction ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
marginalized urban poor
ⓘ
strong patriarchal figures ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
celebrated
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highly regarded in world literature ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | modern Egyptian society ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
important novel in modern Arabic fiction
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major work in Naguib Mahfouz’s oeuvre ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasImagery | alley as microcosm of society ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Arabic narrative tradition ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
cyclical rise and fall of power
ⓘ
honor and shame ⓘ violence and protection ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasSettingElement |
Midaq Alley
ⓘ
surface form:
Cairo alley
|
| hasStructure | episodic ⓘ |
| hasTemporalScope | spans several generations ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
community and belonging
ⓘ
leadership and tyranny ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ social hierarchy ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century Arabic literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | blend of myth and realism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class and poverty
ⓘ
fate and destiny ⓘ power and corruption ⓘ rise and fall of families ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | multiple generations ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allegorical storytelling
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depiction of urban Egyptian life ⓘ intergenerational narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Cairo
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Egypt ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Awlad Haratina
this entity surface form:
Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo novels