Ilish Sidra

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Ilish Sidra is a character in Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy, known for his illicit relationship with Nabawiyya and his role in the social and moral tensions of early 20th-century Cairo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Palace Walk NERFINISHED
Palace of Desire NERFINISHED
Sugar Street NERFINISHED
The Cairo Trilogy NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme adultery
family conflict
moral tensions
social tensions
urban life in Cairo
countryOfFictionalSetting Egypt NERFINISHED
createdBy Naguib Mahfouz NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Cairo Trilogy universe NERFINISHED
gender male
hasIllicitRelationshipWith Nabawiyya NERFINISHED
languageOfWork Arabic
literaryMovementContext Egyptian realism NERFINISHED
medium novel
nationalityInFiction Egyptian
notableFor embodying moral ambiguity in the Cairo Trilogy
illicit relationship with Nabawiyya
partOfWorkBy Naguib Mahfouz NERFINISHED
placeInFiction Cairo NERFINISHED
roleInNarrative catalyst for family and social conflict
timePeriodInFiction early 20th-century Cairo

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Said Mahran betrayedBy Ilish Sidra
Nabawiyya hasAffairWith Ilish Sidra
Said Mahran hasEnemy Ilish Sidra
Nabawiyya laterMarries Ilish Sidra