Naguib Pasha Mahfouz

specific beliefs, or the choices they make can give a deep insight into someone’s culture. I feel that culture, in one way or another, is clearly presented in “On Crime and Punishment” by Khalil Gibran as well as “The Journey of Ibn Fattouma”, by Naguib Mahfouz. “On Crime and Punishment” by Khalil Gibran discusses how crimes are committed, but there is almost always more to the story. Even though this is Arabic literature, I feel that this applies to many cultures. In most cultures, including mine

The symbolic significance of Nur in The Thief and the Dogs, by Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz’s The Thief and the Dogs was written in 1961 and is a highly complex novel amongst the author’s most celebrated works. Utilising a stream of consciousness style that engages the reader from the opening to the conclusion of the novel, it embraces themes like morality, anarchy, revenge and betrayal. However, it also examines the impact of darkness and it is this theme that is highlighted by minor characters

In the novel Fountain and Tomb by Naguib Mahfouz, the reader is thrown into a small alley in Cairo, Egypt in the 1920s. The narrator is an adult reliving his childhood through many random, interesting vignettes of his youth. We learn about many different aspects of Egyptian life from political rebellion, to arranged marriages, to religious devotion, to gang warfare. We are led to conclude that one of the major themes of the book is Truth. We come to question whether Truth is something that always

(dictionary.com). In other words they want payment for being wronged in the past. If the case is found to be legitimate and proven justifiable, the defendant pays the plaintiff the awarded compensation. This brings us to the story, The Lawsuit, by Naguib Mahfouz. This tale is about a son being sued by his father’s widow demanding maintenance be paid to her some twenty years after the father’s death. Several of the individuals in this story serve very little purpose.

The novel, Midaq Alley, written by Naguib Mahfouz, tells the story of various characters living in a poor alley in Egypt during World War I. Of all the people in Midaq Alley, Hamida is the one who lusts most for an escape from tradition and poverty. She despises her traditional culture, and longs for a life free from the social and cultural constraints that fall upon her. Hamida is introduced as a strong character; however, the temptation of modernization guides her towards a more enticing lifestyle

Naguib Mahfouz’s short story “Zaabalawi” and Paolo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist both trace the encounters of a narrator who embarks on a spiritual journey. The works are strikingly similar in that they are both are organized as quest narratives, and both are set in the middle east with the same endgame in mind: enlightenment. As Santiago from The Alchemist and the unnamed narrator from “Zaabalawi” travel, they embody the seeker archetype, and from each person they meet, they gain wisdom and strength

Midaq Alley Naguib Mahfouz To what extent is Midaq Alley an “Arab” novel? Does this add to or detract from the novel’s overall impact on an international audience. The work of literature “Midaq Alley” by Naguib Mahfouz introduces the audience an Arab culture through his descriptions of different characters. Each character is used as an analogue, representing people in the alley with different beliefs and ambitions. Moreover, the characteristics of Mahfouz’s characters also draw international readers’

we use must use it wisely. In “Half a Day” by Naguib Mahfouz, he shows the reader that you must live life because it will quickly pass you by. He demonstrates this by having the character experience new things, time passing quickly, and showing evolution. When the young boy doesn't want to go to school, he is forced to experience something new. As he approaches the new school he is attending his father tells him “Today you truly begin life.”(Mahfouz 85). The significance of this quote is that the

The early 20th century saw major changes in Arabic societies, which initiated a new cultural order that changed the lives of men and women alike. The sweeping changes associated with this period were catalyzed by a massive immigration from the countryside into the rapidly expanding urban centers of the region. There exist a variety of contributing factors to this migration: systems of land inheritance that fragmented land into smaller parcels (decreasing an already declining income per capita);

Setting is used in literature in order to set the time and place as well as the mood within a literary piece. Mahfouz uses various settings throughout the novel in order to showcase the development of Hamida’s rebellious character. The different settings come together to deliver the important message of Hamida’s literal and metaphoric entrapment, loss of her identity, and the development of her rebelliousness. Since the novel takes place during WWII in the 1940s, it brings about the idea of modernization