This author wrote a work divided into three novels titled Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street.
In one novel by this author, the protagonist lives with a prostitute after he leaves home to start managing a coffee shop; that work is titled The Beginning and the End. One banned novel written by this author follows the offspring of the title character as they try, and fail, to lead revolutions based on the three Abrahamic religions. A third novel by this author sees Ilish marry Nabawiyya after she turns her back on Sa'id Mahran; those novels are Children of Gebelawi and The Thief and the Dog respectively. This author wrote a work divided into three novels titled Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street. For 10 points, name this Egyptian author of The Cairo Trilogy.
In one novel by this author, the protagonist lives with a prostitute after he leaves home to start managing a coffee shop; that work is titled The Beginning and the End.
Naguib Mahfouz [accept Najib Mahfuz]