Khan El Khalili - Naguib Mahfouz

Ahmed Effendi Akef is forced to leave his education and work as an employee after his father is dismissed from his job, while the family is compelled to move from the Skakaini neighborhood to the Khan El Khalili neighborhood as raids increase during World War II. There, the forty-year-old Ahmed falls in love with his neighbor Nawal, the sixteen-year-old daughter, while his brother Rushdy returns from Assiut and exchanges love with Nawal. Ahmed hides his feelings and frustrations. However, Rushdy's recklessness leads him to contract tuberculosis, leaving deep sadness among his family members. The novel was published in 1945, and was adapted into a film directed by Atef Salem in 1966. Author: Naguib Mahfouz Publisher: Diwan Number of pages: 288