Midaq Alley

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Midaq Alley is a novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that portrays the intertwined lives of residents in a poor Cairo neighborhood during the 1940s.

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instanceOf novel
adaptationCountry Mexico
adaptationLanguage Spanish
adaptedAs Midaq Alley self-linksurface differs
surface form: Midaq Alley (1995 film)
author Naguib Mahfouz
countryOfOrigin Egypt
depicts intertwined lives of residents in a poor Cairo neighborhood
explores impact of World War II on Cairo society
migration and desire to escape poverty
tension between traditional values and modern influences
genre psychological fiction
realist novel
social novel
hasAlleyAsSymbol microcosm of Egyptian society
hasCharacter Abbas
Hamida
Hussain Kirsha
Kirsha
Radwan Hussainy
Salim Alwan
Sheikh Darwish
Uncle Kamil
hasTitleInArabic Zuqāq al-Midaqq
literaryForm prose fiction
literaryMovement Realism
surface form: Egyptian realism
literarySignificance major work in modern Arabic literature
mainTheme aspiration and disillusionment
class struggle
gender roles
poverty
social change
tradition versus modernity
urban life
NaguibMahfouzReceived Nobel Prize in Literature
narrativeStyle third-person omniscient
NobelPrizeYear 1988
notableFor detailed depiction of a small alley community
portrayal of lower-middle-class Cairene life
originalLanguage Arabic
partOf The Harafish
surface form: Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo novels
publisher Dar al-Maaref
settingCountry Egypt
settingLocation Cairo
settingTimePeriod 1940s
structure ensemble cast narrative
targetAudience adult readers

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Naguib Mahfouz notableWork Midaq Alley
Children of Gebelawi setting Midaq Alley
this entity surface form: Cairo alley
The Harafish hasSettingElement Midaq Alley
this entity surface form: Cairo alley
Midaq Alley adaptedAs Midaq Alley self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Midaq Alley (1995 film)
Hamida appearsIn Midaq Alley
Hamida settingOfLife Midaq Alley
Hamida livesIn Midaq Alley
this entity surface form: Midaq Alley (fictional alley in Cairo)
Abbas fictionalUniverse Midaq Alley
Abbas firstPublicationContext Midaq Alley
this entity surface form: "Midaq Alley" (1947 novel)
Abbas residence Midaq Alley
this entity surface form: Midaq Alley (fictional alley in Cairo)
Zuqāq al-Midaqq hasEnglishTitle Midaq Alley
Zuqāq al-Midaqq hasTranslation Midaq Alley
this entity surface form: Midaq Alley (English translation)
Uncle Kamil appearsIn Midaq Alley
Uncle Kamil residence Midaq Alley
Sheikh Darwish appearsIn Midaq Alley
Sheikh Darwish settingOfActivity Midaq Alley
this entity surface form: Midaq Alley (the alley in Cairo)
Salim Alwan appearsIn Midaq Alley
Salim Alwan residence Midaq Alley
Hussain Kirsha characterIn Midaq Alley
Hussain Kirsha fictionalLocation Midaq Alley
Kirsha appearsIn Midaq Alley
Kirsha fictionalNeighborhood Midaq Alley
Kirsha firstAppearance Midaq Alley
Radwan Hussainy fictionalUniverse Midaq Alley
Radwan Hussainy residence Midaq Alley