The Harafish
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The Harafish | |
Author | Naguib Mahfouz |
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Original title | Malhamat al-harafish |
Translator | Catherine Cobham |
Country | Egypt |
Language | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Novel |
Publisher | Maktabat Misr (1977 arabic) Doubleday (Eng. trans.) |
Publication date | 1977 |
Published 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.
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