Sugar Street Mahfouz Naguib
Sugar Street Mahfouz Naguib "Sugar Street", the climactic conclusion to Mafhouz's masterpiece trilogy, is the captivating portrait of a family struggling to change with the rise of modern Egypt.…
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Sugar Street Mahfouz Naguib
"Sugar Street", the climactic conclusion to Mafhouz's masterpiece trilogy, is the captivating portrait of a family struggling to change with the rise of modern Egypt. Unable to control his family's destiny, he watches helplessly as his dynasty and the traditions he holds dear disintegrate before his eyes. As Cairo shrugs off the final vestiges of colonialism, Ahmad Al Jawad has lost his power and surveys the world from a latticed balcony.
One grandson is a communist activist, another a Muslim fundamentalist, both working for what they believe will be a better world. But through Ahamd's three grandsons we see modern how Egypt takes shape. And Ridwan, the inheritor of his father's charms, launches a political career aided by a homosexual affair with prominent politician.