# Mahfouz Trilogy Three Novels of Ancient Egypt

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- Authors: [Naguib Mahfouz](https://www.bookquiver.com/naguib-mahfouz)
- Publisher: Everyman
- ISBN: 978-18-4159-305-0
- Pages: 632
- Published: 2007-04-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

The books' titles are taken from actual streets in Cairo, the city of Mahfouz's childhood and youth. The trilogy follows the life of the Cairene patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad and his family across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952 .