novel "Midaq Alley"
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"Midaq Alley" is a 1947 novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that portrays the intertwined lives and struggles of residents in a small Cairo alley during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| novel "Midaq Alley" canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | Spanish (for El Callejón de los Milagros) ⓘ |
| adaptationSettingChange | from Cairo alley to Mexico City neighborhood (in Mexican film) ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
El Callejón de los Milagros (1994 Mexican film)
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Midaq Alley (1963 Egyptian film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Naguib Mahfouz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Egyptian ⓘ |
| authorNobelPrize | Naguib Mahfouz – Nobel Prize in Literature 1988 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
café as a social hub in the alley
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depiction of prostitution and moral conflict ⓘ religious figures and secular characters interacting ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| depicts |
impact of British presence in Egypt during World War II
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intertwined lives of alley residents ⓘ social and economic struggles in 1940s Cairo ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Midaq Alley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Egyptian literature
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realist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Abbas
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Hamida NERFINISHED ⓘ Hussain Kirsha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirsha NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Kirsha NERFINISHED ⓘ Radwan Hussainy NERFINISHED ⓘ Salim Alwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheikh Darwish NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Kamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Egyptian realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered one of Naguib Mahfouz’s major early works
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important depiction of mid-20th-century Cairene lower-middle-class life ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aspiration and disillusionment
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effects of war on civilians ⓘ social change ⓘ tradition versus modernity ⓘ urban poverty ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| originalTitle | زقاق المدق NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cairo Trilogy and related works context (Mahfouz’s Cairo novels) ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| publisher | originally published by an Egyptian publisher (Arabic edition) ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Cairo
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Midaq Alley (fictional alley in Cairo) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingDetail | small alley in Cairo’s old quarter ⓘ |
| settingType | urban neighborhood ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
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multiple other languages ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.