Al-Sukariya

Book name: Al-Sukariya Author: Naguib Mahfouz Publisher: Diwan for Publishing Book classification: Novels Number of pages: About the book: The third part of Naguib Mahfouz's famous trilogy, which many critics and literature specialists consider the best and most important Arabic novel. This part's events take place between the mid-1930s and the early 1940s, witnessing the greatest number of transformations in the life of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad's family, where the heroes of the previous two parts fade into the background, either due to death or voluntary withdrawal from life, while the grandchildren's generation takes the lead after they became young, each with their own desires and orientations. They are participated in the story by “Kamal” from the position of observer of the transformations, always immersed in contemplating humans and events. The novel was published in 1957 and was adapted to the cinema screen in 1973.