Arabian Nights and Days

Name: Arabian Nights and Days
Author: Naguib Mahfouz
ISBN: 9780385404518

by Naguib Mahfouz

1982 · adult

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Set in 1 place · 1 primary

Sense of Place

3/5

Description · Open Library (CC0)

Seventeen tales based on the classic, The Thousand and One Nights, but full of modern messages.

Set in

★
Cairo · Egypt
Unnamed medieval Islamic city inspired by Mahfouz's native Gamaliyya quarter of Cairo
★ primary

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