Children of the Alley

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Children of the Alley is a controversial novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that allegorically retells religious and social history through the lives of successive generations in a Cairo alley.

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Children of the Alley canonical 5

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
allegoricallyRepresents Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
modern science ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Children of Gebelawi ⓘ
author Naguib Mahfouz ⓘ
authorNationality Egyptian ⓘ
authorReceived Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
bannedIn Egypt ⓘ
banReason religious controversy ⓘ
censorshipType prohibited from full publication in Egypt for many years ⓘ
controversialFor allegorical portrayal of religious figures ⓘ
perceived criticism of religion ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Egypt ⓘ
firstPublicationForm newspaper serial ⓘ
firstPublisher Al-Ahram newspaper ⓘ
genre allegorical novel ⓘ
religious allegory ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasCentralTheme conflict between science and faith ⓘ
history of humanity ⓘ
power and oppression ⓘ
religion ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
hasForm prose fiction ⓘ
hasLiterarySignificance major work in modern Arabic literature ⓘ
one of Naguib Mahfouz's most controversial novels ⓘ
hasTheme human suffering ⓘ
role of knowledge ⓘ
struggle against tyranny ⓘ
languageOfFirstPublication Arabic ⓘ
literaryMovement modern Arabic novel ⓘ
mainLocationType urban alley ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativeDevice allegorical retelling of religious history ⓘ
narrativeStructure multi-generational saga ⓘ
notableCharacterType patriarch of the alley ⓘ
successive prophetic figures ⓘ
originalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
publicationYear 1959 ⓘ
setting Cairo ⓘ
an alley in Cairo ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory from mythic past to modern era ⓘ
spans several generations ⓘ
titleInArabic Awlad Haratina ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
multiple languages ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Children of Gebelawi → hasTitleVariant → Children of the Alley ⓘ
Gebelawi as godlike figure → appearsIn → Children of the Alley ⓘ
Gebelawi → appearsIn → Children of the Alley ⓘ
Awlad Haratina → hasEnglishTitle → Children of the Alley ⓘ
Awlad Haratina → hasEnglishTranslation → Children of the Alley ⓘ