Abd al-Jawad family saga
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The Abd al-Jawad family saga is a multi-generational narrative cycle in Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy that follows the lives, relationships, and social changes experienced by a Cairene family in early 20th-century Egypt.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family saga
ⓘ
narrative cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWithAward | Naguib Mahfouz Nobel Prize in Literature (1988) ⓘ |
| chronologicalScope | from World War I era to mid-20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| createdBy | Naguib Mahfouz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
Palace Walk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palace of Desire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sugar Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
changing gender roles
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nationalist politics in Egypt ⓘ tension between tradition and modernity ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Abd al-Jawad family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
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social novel ⓘ |
| hasSettingElement |
al-Gamaliya district of Cairo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
traditional Cairene household ⓘ |
| influencedBy | historical events in early 20th-century Egypt ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Arabic realist novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Aisha Abd al-Jawad
NERFINISHED
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Amina 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 ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | The Cairo Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Egyptian bourgeois family life
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impact of colonial presence in Egypt ⓘ religious and secular tensions ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| setIn | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
generational conflict
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modernization ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ social change in Egypt ⓘ urban middle-class life ⓘ |
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