The Map of Love | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Shepherd's Hotel - Anna resides in this building with her maid, Emily.

Mu'allaqah - Anna and Amal both visit this famous building one hundred years apart from each other.

Hilmiyya - Sharif once lived in this fashionable district in Cairo.

Tawasi - This is the ancestral homeland of the Ghamrawis family.

The Khedive - This is the term for Egypt's dynastic ruler.

Denshwai - British pigeon-hunters once provoked a riot in this Egyptian village.

Teatro Costanzi - This is a building in Rome where Sharif first sees Anna.

St. Catherine's Monastery - This...
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