Al-Sukkariyya

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Al-Sukkariyya is the third novel in Naguib Mahfouz’s celebrated Cairo Trilogy, depicting the later lives and generational shifts within the Abd al-Jawad family in early 20th-century Cairo.

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instanceOf novel
alsoKnownAs Sugar Street NERFINISHED
associatedWith Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Naguib Mahfouz
author Naguib Mahfouz NERFINISHED
centralTheme clash between tradition and modernity
family dynamics
individual freedom
religion and morality
countryOfOrigin Egypt
culturalContext Arabic literature
Egyptian culture
depicts generational conflict
modernization of Cairo
political awakening
social change in Egypt
featuresFamily Abd al-Jawad family NERFINISHED
follows Palace of Desire NERFINISHED
genre family saga
historical fiction
hasCharacter Aisha Abd al-Jawad NERFINISHED
Kamal Abd al-Jawad NERFINISHED
Khadija Abd al-Jawad NERFINISHED
Yasin Abd al-Jawad NERFINISHED
al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad NERFINISHED
various grandchildren of Abd al-Jawad family
hasForm prose
hasStructure chronological narrative
hasTitleInArabicScript السكرية NERFINISHED
influencedBy Egyptian political and social transformations of the early 1900s
literaryMovement Egyptian realism
literarySignificance key component of The Cairo Trilogy, a landmark of Arabic literature
mainSetting Cairo NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor detailed depiction of Cairo’s social life
integration of personal and political history
portrayal of multi-generational Egyptian family
originalLanguage Arabic
partOf The Cairo Trilogy NERFINISHED
placeInAuthorCareer part of Naguib Mahfouz’s major early works
precedes none
publicationContext written in mid-20th-century Egypt
relatedWork Palace Walk NERFINISHED
Palace of Desire NERFINISHED
seriesOrdinal 3
settingDetail a street in Cairo symbolizing changing Egyptian society
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriod early 20th century

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Bayn al-Qasrayn followedBy Al-Sukkariyya