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Exploring Naguib Mahfouz’s Children of the Alley: A Comprehensive Guide to its Themes, History, and Allegory
"Children of the Alley (Awlad Haratina) is a seminal allegorical novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that traces the spiritual and social history of humanity through the lens of a Cairo neighborhood. It explores the cycle of prophetic revelation, the struggle for social justice, and the eventual rise of modern science. First serialized in the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram in 1959, the novel represents a pivotal shift in Mahfouz’s career. Moving away from the gritty realism of his earlier works like the Cairo Trilogy, Mahfouz utilized allegory to address profound philosophical questions regarding God, religion, and the human condition..."
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