Miramar
E26875
Miramar is a renowned novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that portrays social and political change in post-revolutionary Egypt through multiple narrators in a shared Alexandria boarding house.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miramar canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T190866 — 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: Miramar Context triple: [Naguib Mahfouz, notableWork, Miramar]
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Miramar
Miramar is a historic, upscale neighborhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico, known for its residential character, cultural venues, and proximity to the Condado and Santurce districts.
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B.
Miraflores
Miraflores is an upscale coastal district of Lima, Peru, known for its shopping, dining, nightlife, and cliffside views over the Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Malecón
Malecón is a famous seaside promenade and seawall in Havana, Cuba, known for its ocean views, social life, and historic architecture.
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D.
Concepción
Concepción is a major Chilean city in the south-central part of the country, known as an important industrial, commercial, and educational center.
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Concepción
Concepción was one of the ships in Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition that took part in the first circumnavigation of the globe.
- 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: Miramar Target entity description: Miramar is a renowned novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that portrays social and political change in post-revolutionary Egypt through multiple narrators in a shared Alexandria boarding house.
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A.
Miramar
Miramar is a historic, upscale neighborhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico, known for its residential character, cultural venues, and proximity to the Condado and Santurce districts.
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B.
Miraflores
Miraflores is an upscale coastal district of Lima, Peru, known for its shopping, dining, nightlife, and cliffside views over the Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Malecón
Malecón is a famous seaside promenade and seawall in Havana, Cuba, known for its ocean views, social life, and historic architecture.
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D.
Concepción
Concepción is a major Chilean city in the south-central part of the country, known as an important industrial, commercial, and educational center.
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E.
Concepción
Concepción was one of the ships in Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition that took part in the first circumnavigation of the globe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | Egypt ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Naguib Mahfouz Nobel Prize corpus ⓘ |
| author | Naguib Mahfouz ⓘ |
| centralFemaleCharacter | Zohra ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| depictsHistoricalContext | post-1952 Egyptian Revolution society ⓘ |
| explores |
corruption and opportunism
ⓘ
ideological conflict between leftists and conservatives ⓘ urban-rural tensions in Egypt ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1967 ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Miramar (film) ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Amer Wagdi
ⓘ
Hosny Allam ⓘ Mansour Bahy ⓘ Hosny Allam ⓘ
surface form:
Sarhan al-Beheiry
Tolba Marzuq ⓘ Zohra ⓘ |
| hasFemaleProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
failed ideals of revolution
ⓘ
memory and nostalgia ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | boarding house as microcosm of Egyptian society ⓘ |
| isRenowned | true ⓘ |
| languageScript | Arabic script ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Arabic literary realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work in modern Arabic literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class conflict
ⓘ
disillusionment with revolution ⓘ gender relations ⓘ generational conflict ⓘ political change in post-revolutionary Egypt ⓘ social change in post-revolutionary Egypt ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | multiple narrators ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| originalTitle | ميرامار ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorPeriod | Naguib Mahfouz’s post-revolution phase ⓘ |
| portrays | impact of the 1952 revolution on different social classes ⓘ |
| publisher | Dar al-Maaref ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Egypt ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
City of Alexandria
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandria
|
| settingPlace | boarding house ⓘ |
| structure | divided into sections narrated by different characters ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1960s Egypt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Miramar Description of subject: Miramar is a renowned novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that portrays social and political change in post-revolutionary Egypt through multiple narrators in a shared Alexandria boarding house.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.