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Children of Gebelawi

أولاد حارتنا

Naguib Mahfouz's allegorical 1959 novel restaging prophetic history in a Cairo alley — controversial enough to be banned in Egypt for years.

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195019601970
The Colonial Era · The Modern Era

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People and things also explored

The Jewel of Medina· al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Arab naming of children after plants· The periods and stages of the Prophet's call· The modes (ranks) of revelation· The substance of the call in the opening of al-Muddaththir· The three years of the secret call

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islam.museum contributors. “Children of Gebelawi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/awlad-haratina/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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The Jewel of Medina

Sherry Jones's novel about Aisha — Random House dropped it amid controversy before Beaufort published it; a case study in depicting the Prophet's household.