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Midaq Alley by Mahfouz, Naguib is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Midaq Alley about?

Widely acclaimed as Naguib Mahfouz's best novel,  Midaq Alley brings to life one of the hustling, teeming back alleys of Cairo in the 1940s. From Zaita the cripple-maker to Kirsha the hedonistic cafe owner, from Abbas the barber who mistakes greed for love to Hamida who sells her soul to escape the alley, from waiters and widows to politicians, pimps, and poets, the inhabitants of Midaq Alley vividly evoke Egypt's largest city as it teeters on the brink of change. Never has Nobel Prize-winner Mahfouz's talent for rich and luxurious storytelling been more evident than here, in his portrait of one small street as a microcosm of the world on the threshold of modernity.

Who reads Midaq Alley?

Author

Mahfouz, Naguib

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385264761

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Children'S

Rating

3.83 / 5 (4,216 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13