Cover art for all three books
The Cairo Trilogy (Arabic: ثلاثية القاهرة) is a book trilogy written by Naguib Mahfouz, an Egyptian novelist and Nobel Prize winner. The trilogy debuted in 1956 with Palace Walk (بين القصرين, Bayn al-Qasrayn).
Book list[]
Novels[]
| # | English name | Arabic name | Year of publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palace Walk | بين القصرين, Bayn al-Qasrayn | 1956 |
| 2 | Palace of Desire | قصر الشوق, Qasr al-Shawq | 1957 |
| 3 | Sugar Street | السكرية, Al-Sukkariyya | 1957 |
Trivia[]
- The titles of all three novels are taken from the names of actual streets in Cairo, a city where Mahfouz lived as a child.