Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() She can even state an opinion without having to fear his wrath. His wife, Amina is now permitted to leave the house to visit family and her beloved al-Husayn mosque. He has even loosened the reigns on his previously tyrannical rule over his family. In those five years Al-Sayyid Ahmad, out of repentance, has turned his back on his previous life of drinking, partying and adultery, neglecting his friends. Note – since this novel is the second part of a trilogy, this review contains spoilers with regards to the first novel Palace Walk (see my review here).įive years have passed since the death of Fahmy, the eldest son of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, shot during a demonstration against the British occupation of Egypt. ![]() ![]() In it we follow 17-year-old Kamal as he deals with crises of faith and unrequited love in 1920’s Egypt. Palace of Desire is the second novel of Nobel Prize Winner Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy. ![]()
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