A military defeat for this country inspired a play also based on the Oedipus myth, You Killed the Monster; that same author from this country also wrote the short story collections City of Love and Ashes and The Cheapest Nights and Other Stories.  One novel set in this country sees the protagonist cheat on his wife Kamelia with the dancer Warda and the singer Margarete.  Besides The Beggar, a work sometimes considered this country's first novel sees the title peasant girl die of TB after her lover is conscripted; that n
A military defeat for this country inspired a play also based on the Oedipus myth, You Killed the Monster; that same author from this country also wrote the short story collections City of Love and Ashes and The Cheapest Nights and Other Stories.  One novel set in this country sees the protagonist cheat on his wife Kamelia with the dancer Warda and the singer Margarete.  Besides The Beggar, a work sometimes considered this country's first novel sees the title peasant girl die of TB after her lover is conscripted; that novel is titled Zaynab.  A Nobel laureate from this country described a man who had children with names like Jesus, Moses and Muhammad in (*) Children of Gebelawi.  That same author from this country was a co-patriot of Yusuf Idris and penned works like Sugar Street and Palace Walk.  For 10 points, name this home to Naguib Mahfouz, author of the Cairo Trilogy.
A military defeat for this country inspired a play also based on the Oedipus myth, You Killed the Monster; that same author from this country also wrote the short story collections City of Love and Ashes and The Cheapest Nights and Other Stories.  
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