Children of the alley
by نجيب محفوظ
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The tale of a Mafia-like don in Egypt. He lives in a mansion in Cairo, uphill at the end of an alley whose inhabitants he exploits. He is the patriarch of a large family whose wealth comes from dealing in drugs and various protection rackets. While family members jockey for power, the people below live in squalor, dreaming of the revolutionary heroes their poverty produced. An expose of injustice in Egypt by a Nobel Prize winner and author of 30 novels.
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Children of Gebelaawi
1997, Passeggiata Press
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Children of Gebelawi
1988, Three Continents Press
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A poor Cairo father represents God and his sons, Jesus, Mohammed and other profits (from Christian Science Monitor 9/06/2006)
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