Awlad Haratina
E541249
Awlad Haratina is the Arabic title of Naguib Mahfouz’s controversial allegorical novel "Children of the Alley," which explores themes of religion, power, and social injustice in a Cairo neighborhood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awlad Haratina canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5717793 — 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: Awlad Haratina Context triple: [Children of the Alley, titleInArabic, Awlad Haratina]
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A.
The Harafish
The Harafish is a celebrated novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that traces the rise and fall of a Cairo alley’s families across generations, blending mythic storytelling with social realism.
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B.
Shalateen
Shalateen is a remote Egyptian town near the Sudanese border, known for its Bedouin communities, camel markets, and strategic location along the Red Sea coast.
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C.
Alam Nashrah
Alam Nashrah is another name for Surah Ash-Sharh, a short Meccan chapter of the Qur’an that offers consolation and reassurance to the Prophet Muhammad by emphasizing that ease follows hardship.
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D.
Negaraku
Negaraku is the national anthem of Malaysia, symbolizing the country's sovereignty and unity.
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E.
Mihna
The Mihna was an Islamic inquisition instituted in the 9th century that tested and persecuted scholars over their adherence to the doctrine of the createdness of the Qur’an.
- 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: Awlad Haratina Target entity description: Awlad Haratina is the Arabic title of Naguib Mahfouz’s controversial allegorical novel "Children of the Alley," which explores themes of religion, power, and social injustice in a Cairo neighborhood.
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A.
The Harafish
The Harafish is a celebrated novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that traces the rise and fall of a Cairo alley’s families across generations, blending mythic storytelling with social realism.
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B.
Shalateen
Shalateen is a remote Egyptian town near the Sudanese border, known for its Bedouin communities, camel markets, and strategic location along the Red Sea coast.
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C.
Alam Nashrah
Alam Nashrah is another name for Surah Ash-Sharh, a short Meccan chapter of the Qur’an that offers consolation and reassurance to the Prophet Muhammad by emphasizing that ease follows hardship.
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D.
Negaraku
Negaraku is the national anthem of Malaysia, symbolizing the country's sovereignty and unity.
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E.
Mihna
The Mihna was an Islamic inquisition instituted in the 9th century that tested and persecuted scholars over their adherence to the doctrine of the createdness of the Qur’an.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| allegoricalElement |
characters symbolizing major prophets
ⓘ
representation of God as Gabalawi ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic religious authorities
ⓘ
censorship debates ⓘ |
| author | Naguib Mahfouz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Egyptian ⓘ |
| bannedIn | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| banReason | religious controversy ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Naguib Mahfouz’s international reputation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| explores |
corruption of authority
ⓘ
oppression of the poor ⓘ relationship between religion and power ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Al-Ahram newspaper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
religious allegory ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
ordinary alley dwellers
ⓘ
symbolic characters ⓘ |
| hasControversyType | accusations of blasphemy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Children of the Alley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | Children of the Alley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | debates on freedom of expression in the Arab world ⓘ |
| hasProtagonists | residents of a Cairo alley ⓘ |
| hasSettingType | urban neighborhood ⓘ |
| languageVariant | Modern Standard Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern Arabic literature ⓘ |
| mainThemes |
power
ⓘ
religion ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multi-generational saga ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allegorical portrayal of prophets
ⓘ
controversial religious content ⓘ critique of social injustice ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | serialized ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor | The Cairo Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Cairo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
faith and doubt
ⓘ
history of religious revelation ⓘ struggle for justice ⓘ |
| titleInArabicScript | أولاد حارتنا NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Awlad Haratina Description of subject: Awlad Haratina is the Arabic title of Naguib Mahfouz’s controversial allegorical novel "Children of the Alley," which explores themes of religion, power, and social injustice in a Cairo neighborhood.
Referenced by (2)
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