Our neighborhood boys - Naguib Mahfouz

The novel traces the family of Al-Jablaoui, who lives in his large house surrounded by gardens and high walls, and around him his sons and grandchildren who are disputing over the endowment, while the thugs control the neighborhood and prevent Al-Jablaoui's children from reaching their earthly garden. Despite their poverty and the injustice they face, they do not lose hope that Al-Jablaoui will come out of his isolation to distribute his inheritance and free them from the thugs' tyranny. "Our Neighborhood's Children" is considered one of his most famous novels and was one of the works highlighted when he was awarded the Nobel Prize. The novel sparked widespread controversy since its serial publication in the pages of Al-Ahram newspaper in 1959, and was first published in a book by Dar Al-Adab in Beirut in 1962. It was not published in Egypt until late 2006. The novel "Our Neighborhood's Children" was the reason for the attempted assassination of Naguib Mahfouz, specifically in 1994, a day after the anniversary of the award — he was attacked and stabbed in the neck by two extremists outside his house in Cairo, and he survived, but suffered the consequences until his death in 2006. To see all of Naguib Mahfouz's books, click here. Number of pages: 588 Year of publication: 2022 Publisher: Diwan for Publishing and Distribution