What was so controversial about Children of the Alley, leading to it being banned for years in Egypt and to an attempt on the author's life? How and when was it published, criticized, understood? 

Mohamed Shoair delves into all of this in his literary investigation The Story of the Banned Book: Naguib Mahfouz's Children Of The Alley (trans. Humphrey Davies). It's a study of literary censorship and of the fight between artistic expression and religious and political authority in Egypt from the 1950s through today. 

The Story of the Banned Book: Naguib Mahfouz’s Children of the Alley will be available soon from AUC Press. An excerpt is available at the AUC Press website, as is the book’s table of contents.

What was so controversial about&nbsp;Children of the Alley, leading to it being&nbsp;banned for years in Egypt and to an attempt on the author's life? How and when was it published, criticized, understood?&nbsp;
Mohamed Shoair delves into all of this in his literary investigation&nbsp;The Story of the Banned Book:&nbsp;Naguib Mahfouz's Children Of The Alley (trans.&nbsp;Humphrey Davies). It's a study of literary censorship and of the fight between artistic expression and religious and political authority in Egypt from the 1950s through today.&nbsp;
<a href="https://aucpress.com/product/the-story-of-the-banned-book/">The Story of the Banned Book: Naguib Mahfouz&rsquo;s Children of the Alley</a>&nbsp;will be&nbsp;available soon from AUC Press.&nbsp;An <a href="https://aucpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9781649030856_The-Story-of-the-Banned-Book_Excerpt.pdf">excerpt is available at the AUC Press website</a>, as is the book&rsquo;s <a href="https://aucpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9781649030856_The-Story-of-the-Banned-Book_TOC.pdf">table of contents</a>.

BULAQ is a book-centric podcast co-hosted by Ursula Lindsey (in Amman, Jordan) and M Lynx Qualey (in Rabat, Morocco). It focuses on Arabic literature in translation and is named after the first printing press established in Egypt in 1820. Produced by Sowt.

BULAQ is a book-centric podcast co-hosted by Ursula Lindsey (in Amman, Jordan) and M Lynx Qualey (in Rabat, Morocco). It focuses on Arabic literature in translation and is named after the first printing press established in Egypt in 1820. Produced by Sowt.

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BULAQ is a podcast about contemporary writing from and about the Middle East and North Africa. We talk about books written in Aleppo, Cairo, Marrakech and beyond. We look at the Arab region through the lens of literature, and we look at literature -- what it does, why it matters, how it relates to society and history and politics -- from the point of view of this part of the world.  BULAQ is co-produced by ArabLit and The Arabist and is hosted by Ursula Lindsey and M Lynx Qualey.

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