Stories from Our Neighbourhood

1975 collection by Naguib Mahfouz

Stories from our neighbourhood (Arabic title حكايات حارتنا), also known as Fountain and Tomb, is a collection of stories by the Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, who was awarded the Nobel Literature Prize in 1988. The collection, published in 1975, takes place in Cairo in the 1920s, and consist of 77 autobiographical stories during the social unrest occurring in the country at the time.

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Works by Naguib Mahfouz

Cairo Trilogy|

* Palace Walk (1956)
* Palace of Desire (1957)
* Sugar Street (1957)

Other novels|

* Khufu's Wisdom (1939)
* Rhadopis of Nubia (1943)
* Thebes at War (1944)
* Midaq Alley (1947)
* The Mirage (1948)
* The Beginning and the End (1949)
* Children of Gebelawi (1959)
* The Thief and the Dogs (1961)
* Autumn Quail (1962)
* The Search (1964)
* The Beggar (1965)
* Adrift on the Nile (1966)
* Miramar (1967)
* Mirrors (1972)
* Love in the Rain (1973)
* Karnak Café (1974)
* The Harafish (1977)
* Wedding Song (1981)
* Arabian Nights and Days (1982)
* The Journey of Ibn Fattouma (1983)
* The Day the Leader Was Killed (1983)
* Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth (1985)
* The Coffeehouse (1988)

Short stories|

* "Zaabalawi" (1961)
* "Qismati and Nasibi" (1982)

Story collections|

* Whisper of Madness (1947)
* God's World (1962)
* A Story Without a Beginning or an Ending (1971)
* The Crime (1973)
* Stories from Our Neighbourhood (1975)

Screenplays|

* The Adventures of Antar and Abla (1948)
* Your Day Will Come (1951)
* The Monster (1954)
* The Tough (1957)
* The Barred Road (1958)
* Jamila, the Algerian (1958)
* Between Heaven and Earth (1959)
* Allahu Akbar (1959)
* The Choice (1970)

Adaptations|

* The Beginning and the End (1960)
* Chased by the Dogs (1962)
* Saladin the Victorious (1963)
* Cairo 30 (1966)
* Khan El Khalili (1967)
* Chitchat on the Nile (1971)
* Karnak (1975)
* The Guilty (1975)
* The Beginning and the End (1993)
* Midaq Alley (1995)

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