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Old, ill, and comforted only by his memories, patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad watches as his grandsons become respectively a communist, a Muslim fundamentalist, and the paramour of a high-ranking politician. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

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Their heads were huddled around the brazier, and their hands were spread over its fire: Amina's thin and gaunt, Aisha's stiff, and Umm Hanafi's like the shell of a turtle.

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This is book 3 of 3 in Cairo Trilogy. (standard series)

Preceded by Palace of Desire.

This book is in Arabic books. (community list)

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  1. Naguib Mahfouz (Author)

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  1. William Maynard Hutchins (Translator)
  2. Angele Botros Samaan (Translator)

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