The Cairo Trilogy (Arabic: الثلاثية (The trilogy) or ثلاثية القاهرة (The Cairo Trilogy)) is a trilogy of novels written by the Egyptian novelist and Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.
The three novels are, in order:
- Palace Walk (original Arabic title: بين القصرين, Bein el-Qasrein, 1956)
- Palace of Desire ( قصر الشوق, Qasr el-Shoaq, 1957)
- Sugar Street ( السكرية, El-Sukkareyya, 1957)
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