![]() ![]() Summary This sweeping novel depicts the intertwined lives of an assortment of Egyptians-Muslims and Copts, northerners and southerners, men and women-as they begin to settle in Egypt's great second city, and explores how the Second World War, starting in supposedly faraway Europe, comes crashing down on them, affecting their lives in fateful ways. World War, 1939-1945 - Egypt | Alexandria - Fiction.Alexandria (Egypt) - Social life and customs - Fiction. ![]() Label No one sleeps in Alexandria Title No one sleeps in Alexandria Statement of responsibility Ibrahim Abdel Meguid translated by Farouk Abdel Wahab Creator ![]()
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