Cairo trilogy
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1) Palace walk
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Cairo trilogy volume 1
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English
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The first book of the Cairo Trilogy recreates turn-of-the-century Cairo, with characters who are simultaneously disciplined and sensual. This novel provides a close look into Cairo society at the end of World War I. Mahfouz's vehicle for this examination is the family of al-Sayyid Ahmad, a middle-class merchant who runs his family strictly according to the Qur'an and directs his own behavior according to his desires. Consequently, while his wife and...
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Palace of desire , Cairo trilogy volume 2
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3) Sugar Street
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English
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Omar Sharif leads an all-Egyptian cast in a three-parter recorded entirely in Egypt's capital...