The Story of the Banned Book: Naguib Mahfouz's Children of the Alley arabic thriller Secrets that somebody would kill

Secrets that somebody would kill to keep hidden

A perfect family

surrealism

the mock grown-up fiction she wrote as a child

and the occult

The Story of the Banned Book: Naguib Mahfouz's Children of the Alley arabic thriller Secrets that somebody would killBy Mohamed Shoair Translated by Humphrey Davies An award winning account of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouzs most controversial novel and the fierce debates that it provoked Naguib Mahfouzs novelChildren of the Alleyhas been in the spotlight since it was first published in Egypt in 1959. It has been at times banned and at others allowed, sold sometimes under the counter and sometimes openly on the street, often pirated and only recently legally