Children of GebelaawiThree Continents Press, 1990 - 368 עמודים First pub 1967. Draws on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic history for the plot in an allegory recounting the lives of the offspring of one man. |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abda Adham afraid Alley ancestor angrily anxiously Arafa asked Awaatif bard Barrelchest Boomer brother Bruiser Bullrush cafe Children of Gebelaawi cudgel curse darkness death Desert Rats Digger divan door Dungbeetle evil spirits eyes face father fell Fisticuff front garden gatekeeper gazed Gebel Gebel's sector Gebelaawi Gemalia Grimpill Guzzler Hamdaan Hanash hand handcart happiness Harpstrings hashish Hassan head heard heart Henna honour Hudaa Humaam hurried Idrees Idrees's Ihsaan Jasmine Jawaad Jebel jellaba Kareem killed laughed live looked Lordship magic Melonhead milliemes mother never night Omnibus Qaasim Qadri Qamar Radwaan rebec Rifaa Rifaaite round Saadiq Sakeena screamed servants Shaabaan Shaafiy shook shouted sighed silence smiled snakes Souq Muqattam spoke Stockpot stood strongman talk tell tenement-house There's things thought Thudclub told took Trustee Trustee's House turned Umayma Uwayss voice What's whispered wife window woman women Ya'hyaa Zakaria