The Harafish
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| Author | Naguib Mahfouz |
|---|---|
| Original title | Malhamat al-harafish |
| Translator | Catherine Cobham |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Maktabat Misr (1977 arabic) Doubleday (Eng. trans.) |
| Released | 1977 |
| Released in English | April 1994 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-385-42324-1 (Eng. trans.) |
The Harafish (Arabic: الحرافيش) (in orig. Arabic Malhamat al-harafish) is a novel written by Naguib Mahfouz. It comprises a series of episodes in a dozen generations of a family from the Egyptian urban rabble (the "harafish"). Many of the members of this family become clan chiefs in an alley in the city; some of them are benefactors to the other members of the harafish; some are more corrupt. Neither the location within Egypt nor the time of the events is ever identified.
| Works of Naguib Mahfouz |
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| Old Egypt | Whisper of Madness | Mockery of the Fates | Rhadopis of Nubia | The Struggle of Tyba | Modern Cairo | Khan al-Khalili |Midaq Alley | The Mirage | The Beginning and The End | Cairo Trilogy | Palace Walk | Palace of Desire | Sugar Street | Children of Gebelawi | The Thief and the Dogs | Quail and Autumn | God's World | Zaabalawi | The Search | The Beggar | Adrift on the Nile | Miramar | The Pub of the Black Cat | Chitchat on the nile | A story without a beginning or an ending | The Honeymoon | Mirrors | Love under the rain | The Crime | al-Karnak | Respected Sir | The Harafish | Love above the Pyramid Plateau | The Devil Preaches | Love and the Veil | Arabian Nights and Days | Wedding Song | One hour remains | The Journey of Ibn Fattouma | Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth | The Day the Leader was Killed | Fountain and Tomb | Dreams of the Rehabilitation Period | The Seventh Heaven |
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