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 The Harafish Information
325 words, approx. 1 pages
 The Harafish (Arabic: الحرافيش) (in orig. Arabic Malhamat al-harafish) is a novel written by Naguib Mahfouz. It comprises a series of episodes in a dozen generations of a family from the Egyptian urban rabble (the "harafish"). Many of the... 
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 World Literature Today The Harafish. (book reviews)
09/22/1994: 674 words, approx. 2 pages The Harafish is an English translation of Malhamat al-Harafish (literally "The Epic of the Harafish"), which was originally published in Egypt in 1977. In 1975-76 I was on sabbatical in Egypt and had been in contact with Naguib Mahfouz several times concerning my translation...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Review by J. M. Coetzee
4,488 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following positive review of The Harafish, Coetzee explores Mahfouz's use of Arabic and Western literary techniques, calling him “a great middleman” between the two traditions.
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Critical Review by Dick Davis
1,019 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following mixed review, Davis argues that The Harafish's distinctly Middle Eastern qualities may make it difficult for Western readers to understand.
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