Meet the people of Cairo's Gamaliya quarter. There is Nabqa, son of Adam the waterseller who can only speak truths; the beautiful and talented Tawhida who does not age with time; Ali Zaidan, the gambler, late to love; and Boss Saqr who stashes his money above the bath. A neighbourhood of demons, dancing and sweet halva, the quarter keeps quiet vigil over the secrets of all who live there. This collection by pre-eminent Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz was recently discovered among his old papers. Found with a slip of paper titled `for publishing 1994', they are published here for the first time. Resplendent with Mahfouz's delicate and poignant observations of everyday happenings, these lively stories take the reader deep into the beating heart of Cairo.
A Mouth Full of Salt
Reem Gaafar
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Memoirs of a Woman Doctor
Nawaal Sadaawia
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Love in the Kingdom of Oil
Sadaawia Nawaal Williams Malcolm Hatim Williams Malcolm B
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The Lady from Tel Aviv
Raba'I Al-Madhoun
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River Spirit
Leila Aboulela
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The Quarter
Naguib Mahfouz
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An Unlasting Home
Mai Al-Nakib
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Discretion
Faiza Guene
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Rootless
Krystle Zara Appiah
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Seven Stones
Vénus Khoury-Ghata
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On A Woman's Madness
Astrid Roemer
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The Heptameron, Volume 2
Queen of Navarre Marguerite, Marguerite de Navarre
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They call us pirates
Farhia Farah
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The Prettiest Star
Carter Sickels
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A Bookshop in Algiers
Kaouther Adimi
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Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
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Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Maaza Mengiste
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Maskiner som jag
Ian McEwan
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The Island of Sea Women : 'Beautifully rendered' -Jodi Picoult
Lisa See
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Infinite Country : A Novel
Patricia Engel
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