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SUMMARY:International Book Group – Midaq Alley by Najīb Maḥfūẓ
DESCRIPTION:The International Book Group at West Falmouth Library is a volunteer-led group that meets on the first Wednesday of each month 3:45-5 p.m. Selections have either foreign settings or foreign authors, usually both. New members are always welcome! Annual registration is requested to receive important communications about schedule or location changes. Meetings are both in-person and on Zoom.\n\nRegister Here\n\n\nConsidered by many to be Mahfouz’s best novel, Midaq Alley centers around the residents of one of the hustling, teeming back alleys of Cairo. No other novel so vividly evokes the sights and sounds of the city. The universality and timelessness of this book cannot be denied.\n“Naguib Mahfouz virtually invented the novel as an Arab form. He excels at fusing deep emotion and soap opera.” —The New York Times Book Review\n“Mahfouz’s work is freshly nuanced and hauntingly lyrical. The Nobel Prize acknowledges the universal significance of his fiction.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review\n\nThe discussion schedule is as follows:\n\n\n\n9/3/2025\nOut of Darkness, Shining Light\nPetina Gappah\nAfrica\n\n\n10/1/2025\nMiss Benson’s Beetle\nRachel Joyce\nNew Caledonia\n\n\n11/5/2025\nThe Palace of Illusions\nChitra Banerjee Divakaruni\nIndia\n\n\n12/3/2025\nThe Sand Child\nTahar Ben Jelloun\nMorocco\n\n\n1/7/2026\nThe Green Road\nAnne Enright\nIreland\n\n\n2/4/2026\nMidaq Alley\nNajīb Maḥfūẓ\nCairo\n\n\n3/4/2026\nBirnam Wood\nEleanor Catton\nNew Zealand\n\n\n4/1/2026\nInfinite Country\nPatricia Engel\nColombia\n\n\n5/6/2026\nThe Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land In Between\nHisham Matar\nCairo\n\n\n6/3/2026\nHurricane Season\nFernanda Melchor\nMexico\n\n\n\n \n
URL:https://www.westfalmouthlibrary.org/events/ibg-feb-2026/
ORGANIZER;CN=Becky Kanaley:MAILTO:becky@westfalmouthlibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Adults,Author Talks & Books
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