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 Palace Walk - Naguib Mahfouz
 Palace Walk - Naguib Mahfouz ... struggling to move toward independence in a society that has resisted change for centuries. Set against the backdrop of Britain's occupation of Egypt immediately after World War I, Palace Walk introduces us to the Al Jawad family. Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his gentle, oppressed wife and two daughters to live cloistered lives behind the house's latticed windows, while his three very different sons live in fear of his harsh will.Newest Review: ... crash. Khadija and Aisha are asked for their hand in marriage. Yasin chooses a bride. Fahmy becomes deeply involved in ... more ... politics and Kamal is saddened to find that marriage takes his sisters away from him. Will the family be able to stay together despite all these changes in their life?
The characters
I was part horrified; part full of admiration for the women in this book. Amina basically signed her life away when she married her husband. She is infrequently allowed to visit her mother, but only when accompanied by her husband and apart from that never leaves the house. Yet, she has no complaints and is grateful for the fact that her husb...more |
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Palace Walk - Naguib Mahfouz: Happy families - Egyptian style (1118 words)
by - written on 30/09/06 (Very useful, 779 readings)
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Every now and again, I get terribly ashamed that I know so little about the Middle East when it seems to play an increasing role in our everyday life. So when my local library decided to have a promotion of books translated from Arabic into English, I borrowed a couple that looked interesting. This was the first one that caught my attention. As the first novel in a trilogy, it introduces a family living in Cairo between the two World Wars, describing their everyday life and how the political situation at the time affects them. I was hooked from page one. Vividly written, it inspires sympathy for the family and a strong desire to find out what happens to ... Read the complete review
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