In addition to "God's World" and "The Answer is No", this author wrote a novel in which Gamasa al-Bulti captures a genie named Singam while fishing, which occurs after Shariyar announces he will kill no more virgins.
In one of this author's short stories, an aging professor steals all of his colleagues salaries and runs off to Alexandria with a young woman. In another, a teacher seduces his pupil, and later is the principal of the school where she teaches. In addition to "God's World" and "The Answer is No", this author wrote a novel in which Gamasa al-Bulti captures a genie named Singam while fishing, which occurs after Shariyar announces he will kill no more virgins. This author of Arabian Days and Nights wrote about Kamil, a confectioner who works on the title street in Midaq Alley. This author is also well known for a series of books in which Yasin is the lustful son of Ahmad Al-Jawad, who is the patriarch of a family at the center of the novels Sugar Street, Palace of Desire, and A Palace Walk. For ten points, identify this author of The Cairo Trilogy.
In one of this author's short stories, an aging professor steals all of his colleagues salaries and runs off to Alexandria with a young woman.
Naguib {Mahfouz}