![]() ![]() The Nile was not going to flood that year. Further reference to the Nile occurs on page 356: "Strange rumours came from outside the alley. Book Name: Author: Naguib Mahfouz Genre: Literature, Novels, Historical, Fiction Publishers: Sunrise House Publish Date: 2006 Pages: 566. Darasa is located east of present-day Cairo, between the foothills and the Nile river. ![]() Ashur leaves the cave "to take water from the public drinking fountain in Darasa" (p. 39). When Ashur and Fulla flee the plague-infested alley, they reside in the caves of the foothills. Reference to location is made several times in The Harafish (English translation). Neither the location within Egypt nor the time of the events is ever identified.Īlthough location and timing are never specified, inferences can be made to narrow the possible locations. ![]() Many of the members of this family become clan chiefs in an alley in the city some of them are benefactors to the other members of the harafish some are more corrupt. At the same time, it is a story about children in a Cairo suburb and their difficulties. It comprises a series of episodes in a dozen generations of a family from the Egyptian urban rabble (the "harafish"). In his novel, Mahfouz in a way writes a history of humankind up to the 1950s, starting with the Dawn of Creation. Arabic Malhamat al-harafish) is a 1977 novel written by Naguib Mahfouz. ![]() The Harafish ( Arabic: الحرافيش) (in orig. ![]()
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