false <![CDATA[Midaq Alley]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165522590m/5499.jpg 5499 15 Considered by many to be Mahfouz's best novel,  <i>Midaq Alley</i> centers around the  residents of one of the hustling, teeming back alleys  of Cairo. No other novel so vividly evokes the  sights and sounds of the city. The universality and  timelessness of this book cannot be denied. 1679431 1947 Midaq Alley total:838|5:174|4:308|3:256|2:69|1:31| 838 3039 1093 197 0 4 false false Fri Dec 21 07:55:21 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 08:48:17 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Dec 14 10:07:21 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 19:44:14 -0800 2007 Arabian Nights and Days. He has won the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature and is one of the leading Arabic writers, forcing the world to consider Middle Eastern literature seriously. He writes about...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 15:34:27 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 15:52:06 -0700 2008 1
Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1911 and wrote many books about the city including The Cairo Trilogy and Sugar Street. He was also the first writer to be rewarded a Nobel Prize in Literature in Arabic. His novel, Midaq Alley, pr...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 04:25:18 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 08:48:04 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 07:14:35 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 15:54:01 -0800 2007 Midaq Alley by Naquib Mahfouz. Naquib Mahfouz is one of the most prominent figures in Middle Eastern sociey. He won the Nobel Prize in 1988 and has written 30 novels and over 100 short stories. In Midaq Alley, one of his most acclaimed novels, he weaves an intricate ta...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 07:14:32 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 07:37:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 07:13:50 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 19:07:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 07:12:54 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 18:20:43 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Dec 18 07:12:31 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 13:30:29 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 07:12:29 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 15:03:20 -0800 2007 Arabian Nights and Days', 'Old Egypt', and 'Midaq Alley'. 'Midaq Alley', takes place in Naguib’s hometown of Cairo during WWII. The novel ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 07:12:28 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 20:30:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 07:12:22 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 16:03:43 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 05:41:10 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 18:21:26 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 19:06:26 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 18:35:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Dec 13 15:19:26 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 16:59:37 -0800 2007 Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz is set in an alley in Egypt. Mahfouz has written many other books, such as Miramar, Sugar Street, and Palace Walk and is a common name in the middle east.The alley is a cesspool for all kinds of people. Many of them good and normal, but also some of them not s...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 19:26:15 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 23:48:34 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 14:59:13 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 17:44:52 -0800 2007 Midaq Alley weaves the fates of the occupants of the all...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 13:24:29 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 16:43:07 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 09:08:51 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 09:14:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 09:25:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:09:06 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5499