SOURCE: Mikhail, Mona N. “Existential Themes in a Traditional Cairo Setting.” In Naguib Mahfouz: From Regional Fame to Global Recognition, edited by Michael Beard and Adnan Haydar, pp. 81-94. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1993.
In the following essay, Mikhail delineates the relationship between existentialism and Arab thought in Mahfouz's short fiction.
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