The Living City of the Dead: Representation of Life in the Cemeteries in Two Egyptian Novels
The City of the Dead is a large area on the periphery of Cairo where people live in house-like tombs. This study focuses on two Egyptian novels Šakāwā l-miṣrī l-faṣīḥ (1981-1985) by Yūsuf al-Qaʿīd and Madad (2014) by Maḥmūd al-Wirwārī, in which living in the cemeteries is portrayed as a paradoxical...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Arabica
Year: 2020, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 82-116 |
Further subjects: | B
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B Mort B Literature B urban space B espace urbain B City of the Dead B Arabic B Egyptian B Cité des morts B Death B Arabe B Cemetery B égyptien B Littérature |
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