أولاد حارتنا
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أولاد حارتنا رواية
"Awlad haratina is a novel by the Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz. It was originally published in 1959 in serialised form, in the Cairo daily Al-Ahram. It was met with severe opposition from religious authorities, and publication in the form of a book was banned in Egypt. The story recreates the tied history of the three monotheistic Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), allegorised against the setting of an imaginary 19th century Cairene neighborhood. Gabalawi being an allegory for religion in general, the first four sections retell, in succession, the stories of: Adam and how he was favored by Gabalawi over the latter's other sons, including Satan/Iblis, Idris, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad. Families of each son settle in different parts of the alley, symbolising Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The protagonist of the book's fifth section is Arafa, who symbolises modern science and, significantly, comes after all prophets, while all of their followers claim Arafa as one of their own"--Wikipedia.
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