![]() ![]() What we see in this novel is truly a city without sleep. Dimyan is a Copt living in Alexandria who will become Magd al-Din's daily companion and friend.Īs the novel begins, the war is beginning in Europe and The mood in Alexandria is removed from all that though there is awareness and some worry. He has been forced to leave his country village due to an inter family feud and killings and came with his wife and daughter to Alexandria. ![]() The Sheik is a devout Muslim who has memorized the Quran. He chooses Sheik Magd al-Din and his friend Dimyan as the center of the novel. Happily Meguid's book has provided plenty of historical information while also providing a story of the city's inhabitants that opens up that history. The story of Egypt, let alone Alexandria, during WWII was a great unknown to me. ![]()
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