Zuqaq al-Madaq - Naguib Mahfouz

Hatred Hamida on her life in Zaqaq Al-Madaq and she seeks to leave it for a luxurious and refined life so she works as a prostitute through the pimp Faraj who takes her out of the poverty of Zaqaq to a comfortable life. And there is Al-Boushi who digs up the graves of the wealthy in search of wealth, and Dr. Zaita who specializes in causing physical disabilities to beggars, and all of them depict a vivid picture of Egyptian society during World War II. The novel was published in 1947, and was adapted to the cinema in a film directed by Hassan Al-Imam in 1963, and a Mexican film starring Salma Hayek in 1995. Number of pages: 303 Author: Naguib Mahfouz Publisher: Dar Diwan