Children of Gebelawi
In old Cairo, a whole alley lives in the shadow of a mysterious grandfather who shut himself in his great house, leaving vast endowments and ten conditions. Between poverty, strongmen and injustice, generations pass down the tales of Adham, Gabal, Rifaa, Qasim and Arafa, and their dream of justice.
Age rating: Ages 16 and up. Content notes: Religious allegory, violence, strife and injustice.
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Text source: Hindawi Foundation
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Characters
The Narrator
The alley’s petition scribe
The Boss
Struts with his club over the people
A Man of the Alley
A poor man who tells the grandfather’s tales
A Woman of the Alley
She complains of poverty and injustice