Khan Al-Khalili

Ahmed Effendi Akef was forced to leave his education and work as an employee after his father was dismissed from his job, while the family was forced to move from Skakini neighborhood to Khan El Khalili neighborhood as the raids increased during World War II. There, the forty-year-old man 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 neglect 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 For more works by Naguib Mahfouz: The Respectful Present, Kifah Tiba, The Saman and Autumn, Mirrors, The Beggar, Futility of Destinies, One Thousand and One Nights, Palace of Longing, Echoes of the Autobiography, The Harafish Epic, The Thief and the Dog, Heart of the Night, The Military, Zuqaq El Madan, The Mirage, Morning and Evening Talk, Stories of Our Alley, Khan El Khalili, Miram, Chatter Over the Nile, Beginning and End, Dreams of the Convalescence, Living in Truth, New Cairo, Love Under the Rain, Radobis, Celebrations of the Dome, The Karnak, The Road, Between the Two Palaces.