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Midaq Alley

Naguib Mahfouz

1984
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Life in a Cairo alley on the eve of change.

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The only Arab winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1988). The father of the modern Arabic novel, he brought the alleys of Cairo into serious fiction. Midaq Alley showcases his world of ordinary people.

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