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1	Palace Walk more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz The first volume in Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy looks into the lives of the family of al-Sayyid Ahmad, a merchant who forces his family to follow strict religious rules while he follows his desires, sampling the alluring nightlife of the city. see all copies from £3.61! new only from £10.34! \| first editions
2	Midaq Alley more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz Centred around the residents of one of the hustling, teeming back alleys of Cairo: Kirsha, the cafe-owner with a scandalous predilection for young boys, Hamida, the matchmaker's daughter, and Zaita, the cripple-maker - who maims and disfigures people who wish to become beggars. see all copies from £2.55! new only from £6.21! \| first editions
3	The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz, Edward W. Said (Introduction by) (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt appears here in one volume for the first time. The Nobel Prize--winning writer's masterwork is the engrossing story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britain's occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the twentieth century. The novels of "The Cairo ... see all copies from £17.08! new only from £19.15! \| first editions
4	Children of the Alley more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz, Peter Theroux (Translator) In this many-layered novel by Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, the actions of men and women in Cairo echo--unbeknownst to them--the actions of their holy ancestors. This book was first published in Arabic in 1959. see all copies from £7.45! new only from £10.15! \| first editions
5	Palace of Desire more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz The second part of "The Cairo Trilogy" by the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. It is a true-life Egyptian family saga featuring the bullying, pompous, belching, self-adoring patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmed and his long-suffering family in domestic turmoil, with feuding in-laws. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £7.76! \| first editions
6	Arabian Nights and Days more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz see all copies from £7.08! new only from £10.19! \| first editions
7	Sugar Street more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz see all copies from £3.30! new only from £8.74! \| first editions
8	The Dreams more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock (Translator) see all copies from £12.85! new only from £21.93!
9	The Journey of Ibn Fattouma more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator), Najib Mahfuz First published in Arabic in 1983, this brief but powerful parable is presented as the journal of a traveler known as Ibn Fattouma. A mystical, lyrical Pilgrim's Progress set in a mythical, timeless Middle East, by the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £8.98! \| first editions
10	Fountain and Tomb: Hakayat Haretna more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, James Kenneson (Translator), Max Winkler (Illustrator) Mahfouz's portrait of a typical Egyptian citizen, accumulated in a series of short takes, presents him as he struggles to adapt to the changing world as the nature of the government, the position of women, and the kind of education available all undergo radical transformations. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £10.87!
11 view cover	The Beginning and the End more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz A powerful portrayal of a middle-class family suddenly plunged into an unending financial and social nightmare by the death of their father. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £7.76! \| first editions
12 view cover	Adrift on the Nile more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz A novel, first published in Arabic in 1966, by the 1988 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. A group of disaffected middle-class Cairenes venture out for a drive which sets off a chain of events that destroys their easy camaraderie and exposes the frailty of human relationships. see all copies from £1.99! new only from £9.77! \| first editions
13 view cover	Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Tagreid Abu-Habbaro (Translator) see all copies from £5.52! new only from £8.98!
14 view cover	The Thief and the Dogs more books like this by Naguib Manfouz, Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz First published in 1961, this novel by a Nobel Prize-winning author tells the story of a man who blames an unjust society for his ill fortune. He reverts to old, thieving habits, and eventually brings himself to destruction in a cruel world. see all copies from £8.98! new only from £8.98!
15 view cover	The Beggar, the Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz In THE BEGGAR, a former revolutionary, now a comfortable member of the bourgeoisie after the 1952 revolution in Cairo, experiences intense alienation when the change in government deprives him of any significant role. THE THIEF AND THE DOGS is the tale of a revolutionary who is released from prison only to destroy himself through his own ... see all copies from £7.59! new only from £9.50!
16 view cover	Miramar more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz Once again, Naguib Mahfouz has fashioned a highly charged, tightly written tale of intersecting lives that provides readers with both an engaging and powerful story as well as a vivid portrait of life in Egypt in the late 1960s. Set in Alexandria, Miramar tells the violent, tragic story of the former grand hostelry Miramar, now a pension run by an ... see all copies from £6.21! new only from £13.07! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Seventh Heaven: Stories of the Supernatural more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock (Translator) see all copies from £7.17! new only from £7.17! \| first editions
18 view cover	Cairo Modern more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, William M Hutchins (Translator) This is a major early novel by the Egyptian Nobel laureate, published for the first time in English. The novelist's camera pans from the dome of King Fuad University (now Cairo University) to students streaming out of the campus, focusing on four students in their twenties, each representing a different trend in Egypt in the 1930s. Finally the ... see all copies from £13.08! new only from £13.08!
19 view cover	Harafish more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz Written by a Nobel Prize-winner, this is a mythic tale with a modern, soap-opera-like plot, featuring the dramatic history of the al-Nagi family. It displays the weaknesses of the human character - pride, dishonesty, lust, greed - and of the greatness we are capable of when we overcome them. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £8.97! \| first editions
20 view cover	Three Novels of Ancient Egypt: Khufu's Wisdom/Rhadopis of Nubia/Thebes at War more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock (Translator), Anthony Calderbank (Translator) From Nobel laureate Mahfouz, these three magnificent novels, published in one edition for the first time, form an ancient Egyptian counterpart to his famous Cairo Trilogy. Includes "Khufu's Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia," and "Thebes at War." see all copies from £15.27! new only from £15.27! \| first editions
21 view cover	Wedding Song more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Najeib Mahfeuz see all copies from £1.78! new only from £24.84! \| first editions
22 view cover	Karnak Cafe: A Modern Arabic Novel more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Roger Allen (Translator) At a Cairo cafe, a cross-section of Egyptian society, young and old, rich and poor, are drawn together by the quality of its coffee and the allure of its owner, legendary former dancer Qurunfula. When three of the young patrons disappear for prolonged periods, the older customers display varying reactions to the news. On their return, they recount ... see all copies from £12.66! new only from £13.08!
23 view cover	The Search more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz A story of crime and passion in which a young man's search for his father turns sour when the scheming wife of his landlord enlists him in a plan to commit the most sordid of crimes. Naguib Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. see all copies from £3.16! new only from £10.03! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Time and the Place and Other Stories more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Denys Johnson-Davies (Introduction by) see all copies from £6.18! new only from £9.77! \| first editions
25 view cover	Autumn Quail more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz A corrupt young bureaucrat finds himself ostracized in his own country, when he is denounced in the purges following the 1952 revolution. see all copies from £2.96! new only from £9.83! \| first editions

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