One character in this collection complains "I bet 
One character in this collection complains "I bet our family's four centuries behind the times," while one work in this collection opens with a character's decision to pursue philosophy instead of law. Its first work centers on a patriarch who bans singing in his household but takes a singer-mistress and parties every night only to be greeted every midnight at home by (*) Amina. One character in this collection cheats with the lute player Zanuba on Maryam, the former fiancée of Fahmy, who dies in a Nationalist demonstration. Centering on sons and grandsons of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, it consists of Sugar Street, Palace of Desire, and Palace Walk. For 10 points, name this work of Naguib Mahfouz, a group of three novels set in the capital of Egypt.
One character in this collection complains "I bet our family's four centuries behind the times," while one work in this collection opens with a character's decision to pursue philosophy instead of law.
The {Cairo} Trilogy [accept {Sugar Street} or {El}-{Sukkareyya} before “{another work}”]