“The dialogue is vital and spontaneous, using transposition from Cairene dialect for idiom to literary Arabic, the tension is constant, the precise detail and meticulous description of foods, smells and the like absolutely superb.” – The Times Literary Supplement
“Highly absorbing Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz was, understandably, a best-seller when first published in Cairo in 1947.” – The Sunday Times
“A modern classic.” – New Society
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