Love under the rain

The novel "Love Under the Rain" is considered one of the most famous novels by the international novelist Naguib Mahfouz. This novel gained great fame among intellectuals, readers, and critics. The novel was turned into a film in 1975 where the young man Kamal meets a girl named Amal on a rainy day, and he falls in love with her instantly. The events follow each other, and love develops between the young man and the girl, but a major obstacle appears before them, which is the difference in social classes between them, as he comes from a wealthy family and she from a poor family. Kamal and Amal try to overcome this obstacle and hold on to their love, but external circumstances intervene and make things more difficult, turning their lives upside down. The novel is characterized by the detailed description of social life in Egypt during that period, highlighting the problems of class and social differences that the Egyptian society suffered from in that era.