Zaabalawi

Naguib Mahfouz’s Zaabalawi is an Arabic story, narrated in the first person, about the quest of the narrator to find the character Zaabalawi, who is a renowned healer who can cure everything. The narrator suffers from an incurable disease, at least from the medical point of view, and the townspeople’s…

Zaabalawi is a piece of literature that depicts the various attributes and values of every society. However, understanding a society requires an in-depth evaluation of their ways of life, activities, and beliefs. Therefore, understanding the Zabalaawi is no different as a critical analysis of society is necessary. The piece of…