Qasr al-Shawq
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Qasr al-Shawq is a novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, forming the second part of his acclaimed Cairo Trilogy that chronicles the lives of a Cairene family in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qasr al-Shawq canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5579910 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qasr al-Shawq Context triple: [Bayn al-Qasrayn, followedBy, Qasr al-Shawq]
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Qasr al-Bint
Qasr al-Bint is one of Petra’s most important and best-preserved free-standing temples, believed to have been a principal place of worship for the Nabataeans.
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B.
Qasr al-Mshatta
Qasr al-Mshatta is an unfinished 8th-century Umayyad desert palace in present-day Jordan, renowned for its richly carved stone façade, parts of which are now displayed in Berlin’s Pergamon Museum.
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C.
Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi
Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi is an early 8th-century Umayyad desert palace complex in present-day Syria, notable for its fortified architecture and role as a rural administrative and hunting estate.
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Dibba Al-Hisn
Dibba Al-Hisn is a small coastal town and exclave of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, located on the Gulf of Oman near the border with Oman.
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E.
Al Auja Palace
Al Auja Palace is a prominent royal residence in Saudi Arabia associated with the ruling House of Saud and used for official and ceremonial functions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qasr al-Shawq Target entity description: Qasr al-Shawq is a novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, forming the second part of his acclaimed Cairo Trilogy that chronicles the lives of a Cairene family in the early 20th century.
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A.
Qasr al-Bint
Qasr al-Bint is one of Petra’s most important and best-preserved free-standing temples, believed to have been a principal place of worship for the Nabataeans.
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B.
Qasr al-Mshatta
Qasr al-Mshatta is an unfinished 8th-century Umayyad desert palace in present-day Jordan, renowned for its richly carved stone façade, parts of which are now displayed in Berlin’s Pergamon Museum.
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C.
Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi
Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi is an early 8th-century Umayyad desert palace complex in present-day Syria, notable for its fortified architecture and role as a rural administrative and hunting estate.
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D.
Dibba Al-Hisn
Dibba Al-Hisn is a small coastal town and exclave of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, located on the Gulf of Oman near the border with Oman.
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E.
Al Auja Palace
Al Auja Palace is a prominent royal residence in Saudi Arabia associated with the ruling House of Saud and used for official and ceremonial functions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Naguib Mahfouz ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Naguib Mahfouz receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| depicts |
emergence of Egyptian nationalism
ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ social change in Egypt ⓘ urban middle-class life in Cairo ⓘ |
| explores |
changing gender roles in Egyptian society
ⓘ
impact of political events on private life ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aisha Abd al-Jawad
ⓘ
Kamal Abd al-Jawad ⓘ Khadija Abd al-Jawad ⓘ
linked to:
Khadija
Yasin Abd al-Jawad ⓘ al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad ⓘ |
| followedBy | Al-Sukkariyya ⓘ |
| follows | Bayn al-Qasrayn ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasArabicTitle | قصر الشوق ⓘ |
| hasCentralFamily |
Abd al-Jawad family
ⓘ
linked to:
al-Jawad family
|
| hasCulturalContext | Egyptian society under British influence ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Palace of Desire ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTransliteration | Qasr al-Shawq ⓘ |
| hasNobelLaureateAuthor | true ⓘ |
| hasSettingRegion | Middle East ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Arabic realist novel ⓘ |
| mainSetting | Cairo ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | lives of a Cairene family ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableIn | modern Arabic literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| partOf | The Cairo Trilogy ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Cairo Trilogy second volume ⓘ |
| setIn |
al-Gamaliya district of Cairo
ⓘ
post–World War I Egypt ⓘ |
| settingType | urban setting ⓘ |
| theme |
love and disillusionment
ⓘ
patriarchy and family authority ⓘ political awakening ⓘ religion and secularism ⓘ tradition versus modernity ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Qasr al-Shawq Description of subject: Qasr al-Shawq is a novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, forming the second part of his acclaimed Cairo Trilogy that chronicles the lives of a Cairene family in the early 20th century.
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