THE CAIRO TRILOGY
Three novels’ Arabic titles (Bayn al-Qasrayn, Qasr al-Shawq and Al-Sukkariyya), follows the life of the Cairene patriarch. From 1919, arriving in 1944, you can read about that life’s microcosm, where you can see the development of society, with the influence on the role of women. Reading, you can discover that the social progress will be the result of the evolutionary spirit of humankind,inside psychological and real time.
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