What is Life is not perfect or changes come quickly?
100
Where did he like to set most of his writing?
What is Egypt, more specifically Cairo?
100
In what year was Half a Day first published?
What is 1989?
200
Where and when was he born?
What is Cairo in 1911?
200
What is the mother's role in the story?
What is admiring from afar, leaving the work of raising a man to her husband?
200
What does the school symbolize in Half a Day?
What is life? Half a day spent in school symbolizes the entire life spent learning.
200
What first influenced his writing?
What is the Egyptian Revolution of 1919?
200
How many of his works have been made into films?
What is half?
300
When was his first novel published?
What is 1939?
300
What role does the teacher play?
What is rule maker, always keep order, punishes those who need to be punished.
300
Did the boys willingly go to school?
No, his dad forced him.
300
Why were some of his writings banned in Egypt?
They had topics with opinions that were not especially agreed with, like socialism and God.
300
Which of his literary works was banned by the Islamic government?
What is The Children of Our Alley?
400
Was Mahfouz ever married?
What is yes?
400
what is the narrorator's relationship with his classmates and what do they represent?
What is all the acquaintances we meet in life, and not all of them are always nice or friendly. Everyone comes from different backgrounds and will lead a different life.
400
What was the change to the street to school?
What is it was urbanized? like tall buildings instead of gardens.
400
What was a frequent theme Mahfouz used?
What is existentialism?
400
What is special about Naguib Mahfouz receiving the Nobel Prize?
What is he was the first Arab to receive this honor?
500
Even though he had many siblings, why did he feel like an only child?
What is his oldest brother was 10 years older than him, so he felt like he couldn't relate to them?
500
What do the very last lines of Half a Day symbolize?
What is changes in life?
500
Name one experience the boy gained through school.
What is new friendships, new hardships, or new lessons.
500
What is the theme of "Children of our Alley"?
That humanity is moving away farther away from God.
500
Meghan's favorite fact about this author is...?
What is Naguib Mahfouz getting stabbed in the neck and not dying?
OR
What is the stabbing of his neck?