SOURCE: Mikhail, Mona N. “Broken Idols: The Death of Religion as Reflected in Two Short Stories by Idris and Mahfuz.” In Critical Perspectives on Modern Arabic Literature, edited by Issa J. Boullata, pp. 83-93. Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1980.
In the following essay, which was originally published in 1974, Mikhail examines the portrayal of religion in Yusuf Idris's “Tabliyya min al-Samā’” and Mahfouz's Hikāya bilā bidāya wa lā nihāya.
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