Al-Sukkariyya

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Al-Sukkariyya is the third novel in Naguib Mahfouz’s celebrated Cairo Trilogy, depicting the later lives and generational shifts within the Abd al-Jawad family in early 20th-century Cairo.

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Al-Sukkariyya canonical 2

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sugar Street ⓘ
associatedWith Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Naguib Mahfouz ⓘ
author Naguib Mahfouz ⓘ
centralTheme clash between tradition and modernity ⓘ
family dynamics ⓘ
individual freedom ⓘ
religion and morality ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Egypt ⓘ
culturalContext Arabic literature ⓘ
Egyptian culture ⓘ
depicts generational conflict ⓘ
modernization of Cairo ⓘ
political awakening ⓘ
social change in Egypt ⓘ
featuresFamily Abd al-Jawad family ⓘ
linked to: al-Jawad family
follows Palace of Desire ⓘ
genre family saga ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Aisha Abd al-Jawad ⓘ
Kamal Abd al-Jawad ⓘ
Khadija Abd al-Jawad ⓘ
linked to: Khadija

Yasin Abd al-Jawad ⓘ
al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad ⓘ
various grandchildren of Abd al-Jawad family ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasStructure chronological narrative ⓘ
hasTitleInArabicScript السكرية ⓘ
influencedBy Egyptian political and social transformations of the early 1900s ⓘ
literaryMovement Egyptian realism ⓘ
literarySignificance key component of The Cairo Trilogy, a landmark of Arabic literature ⓘ
mainSetting Cairo ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor detailed depiction of Cairo’s social life ⓘ
integration of personal and political history ⓘ
portrayal of multi-generational Egyptian family ⓘ
originalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf The Cairo Trilogy ⓘ
placeInAuthorCareer part of Naguib Mahfouz’s major early works ⓘ
precedes none ⓘ
publicationContext written in mid-20th-century Egypt ⓘ
relatedWork Palace Walk ⓘ
Palace of Desire ⓘ
seriesOrdinal 3 ⓘ
settingDetail a street in Cairo symbolizing changing Egyptian society ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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

Bayn al-Qasrayn → followedBy → Al-Sukkariyya ⓘ
Qasr al-Shawq → followedBy → Al-Sukkariyya ⓘ