SOURCE: Gordon, Haim. “Flight from Freedom.” In Naguib Mahfouz's Egypt: Existential Themes in His Writings, pp. pp. 21-7. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
In the following excerpt, Gordon explores the struggle of Mahfouz's Egyptian characters to live an authentic and spiritual life.
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