Abbas's Influence upon the Alley in Naguib Mahfouz's 'Midaq Alley'

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, , language: English, abstract: The beauty of Mahfouz's characters is that they all stand out from each other. With Midaq Alley's setting in Egypt during the Second World War, the wave of modernization was strange yet captivating for every individual which holds a very important role in the novel. Torn in the shades of black and white, New and Classics, conservative minds and so called open mindedness the characters are constantly seen struggling on many levels.

The author is elected President of the Kinnaird College Debating Fraternity and also the President of the Youth Development Corporations-Kinnaird Chapter. She writes in the leading newspapers of Pakistan: The Nation and The News. On occasion, she features the happenings in Lahore related to Arts and Literature. In the past, she has worked as an Assistant-Editorialist to the Editor-in-Chief at the News on Sunday. She has also been an active member of the Children's Museum for Peace and Human Rights, Karachi.