Book Name: Children of the Alley
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press, 2004
Author: Mahfouz, Naguib
Pages: 448 pp
Description: “The Alley of the Jackals,” a novel by Naguib Mahfouz, guides readers through the history of an alley in Cairo whose inhabitants are all descendants of one man, Gabalawi, who hides away in a mansion at the top of the alley.