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Khan al-Khalili

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  • "Khan al-khalili"
  • "محفوط محفظ محفوز محفط نجب"
  • "Khan al-Khalili"
  • "Khan-al-Khalili"@it
  • "Khān al-Khalīlī"
  • "Najīb Maḥfouẓ Machfouẓ Machfous Machfus Machfuz"

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  • "The time is 1942. Against this backdrop of international upheaval, the novel tells the story of the Akifs, a middle-class family that has taken refuge in Cairo s historic and bustling Khan al-Khalili neighborhood. Believing that the German forces will never bomb such a famously religious part of the city, they seek safety among the crowded alleyways, busy cafés, and ancient mosques of the Khan, adjacent to the area where Mahfouz himself spent much of his young life. Through the eyes of Ahmad, the eldest Akif son and the novel s central character, Mahfouz presents a richly textured vision of the Khan, drawing on his own memories to assemble a lively cast of characters whose world is framed by the sights, smells, and flavors of his childhood home. A debate emerges that pits old against new, history against modernity, and faith against secularism. Addressing one of the fundamental questions of the modern era, Mahfouz asks whether, like the German bombs that threaten Khan al-Khalili daily, progress must necessarily be accompanied by the destruction of the past."
  • "Khan al-Khalili (marktplaats in Cairo). Een roman uit Egypte in de veertiger jaren waarin de schrijver in gewaagde openhartigheid de sociale wantoestanden waarin de arme klasse leeft, afschildert."
  • ""The completion of Khan al-Khalili in 1945 marked a turning point in Naguib Mahfouz's career. Departing from the traditional themes drawn from Egyptian antiquity that characterize the author's earlier works, Khan al-Khalili reflects instead a deep concern with the lives and problems of contemporary Egyptians. The time is 1942, the Second World War is at its height, and the Africa Campaign is raging along the northern coast of Egypt as far as El Alamein. Against this backdrop of international upheaval, the novel tells the story of the Akifs, a middle-class family that has taken refuge in Cairo's historic and bustling Khan al-Khalili neighborhood. Believing that the German forces will never bomb such a famously religious part of the city, they seek safety among the crowded alleyways, busy cafés, and ancient mosques of the Khan, adjacent to the area where Mahfouz himself spent much of his young life. Through the eyes of Ahmad, the eldest Akif son and the novel's central character, Mahfouz presents a richly textured vision of the Khan, drawing on his own memories to assemble a lively cast of characters whose world is framed by the sights, smells, and flavors of his childhood home. As Ahmad, a minor civil servant who has sacrificed both education and personal ambition in order to support his family, interacts with the people and traditions of Khan al-Khalili, a debate emerges that pits old against new, history against modernity, and faith against secularism. Addressing one of the fundamental questions of the modern era, Mahfouz asks whether, like the German bombs that threaten Khan al-Khalili daily, progress must necessarily be accompanied by the destruction of the past."--Aucpress.com."

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  • "Roman égyptien de langue arabe"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@es
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Novela histórica"@es
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Roman égyptien moderne"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Popular literature"

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  • "H̲ān al-ẖalīlī"
  • "Le cortège des vivants : khan al-khalili : roman"
  • "Khan al-khalīlī [nedlagt post]"
  • "H̲ān al-h̲alīli"
  • "Per le strade del Cairo"@it
  • "Per le strade del Cairo"
  • "Khān el-Khalı̄li"
  • "[Jan al-jalili]"
  • "Le cortège des vivants"
  • "Khan al-Khalili : a modern Arabic novel"
  • "Khān al-Khalīlī"
  • "Khan Al-Khalili a novel"
  • "Khân al-Khalîlî"
  • "Kḥān al-Khalīlī"
  • "‏خان الخليلي /‏‎"
  • "Ḫān al-Ḫalīlī"
  • "Khān al-khalīlī"
  • "H̲ān al-h̲alīlī"
  • "Tras la celosía"@es
  • "Tras la celosía"
  • "Khan al-Khalili"
  • "Khan al-Khalili"@en
  • "Han el halili"@tr
  • "Krymmena oneira sto Chan el Chalili"
  • "Jan al-jalili"
  • "Le cortège des vivants : roman traduit de l'arabe (Egypte) = Khan al-Khalili"
  • "Jan aljalili"@es
  • "Khan al-Khalilî"
  • "Kh{an al-khalili"@en
  • "H-ian al-Halīlī"
  • "Khan il-Khalili"
  • "Le cortège des vivants Khan al-Khalili"
  • "Khan Al-Khalili : a novel"
  • "Khan al-khalili"
  • "Khān al-Khalı̄lı̄"
  • "Kvart Han al-Halili"
  • "Le cortège des vivants = Khan al-Khalili : roman"
  • "H̲ān al h̲alīlī"
  • "Khan al-Khalil"@en
  • "Hān al-Halīlī"
  • "Khan el-Kalili"
  • "Kvart Han Al-Halili"
  • "<&gt"
  • "<&gt"@ar
  • "Le cortège des vivants = : Khân al-Khalîlî : roman"
  • "Jan Aljalili"
  • "Jan Aljalili"@es
  • "H̲ān al-H̲alīlī"
  • "خان الخليلي"
  • "Khan al-Khalili : [a modern arabic novel]"

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