![]() ![]() It compares and contrasts these different representations of the city, its history, and its cosmopolitan makeup. It brings together and critically interrogates diverse perspectives: the voice of the colonizer represented by Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet (1962), the voice of the Alexandrian minority represented by André Aciman's Out of Egypt (1994), and the voice of the Egyptians represented by Ibrahim Abdul Meguid's No One Sleeps in Alexandria (1996 trans. My study examines how Alexandria was given a literary form and represented during these crucial times in the history of the city. This inspired various literary reconstructions by colonial and postcolonial authors in both English and Arabic. During the first half of the twentieth century, Alexandria underwent significant historical changes, including war and decolonization. ![]()
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