Sociological critique of " Ziqaq Al-Midaq" of Naguib Mahfouz's novel

Literary work is mirror of social life. "Novel" is the main form of contemporary world, special for bourgeoisie society, and it's hero is a normal person and ususally is from the middle class. Novel could reflect a real problem of community more than any other literary form and Naguib Mahfouz as a famouse novelist, wrote social novel has tried to express social realities of Egyptian society. The "Ziqaq Almidaq" novel is the product the right period. The alley is symbol of the traditional Egyptian community with character's that are symbol of one's social class. In this work the tradition is opposite of modernism and the author outlines the consequences of abandoning the tradition and deals to modernism. Corruption of womens, economic and cultural poverty, and political ignorance are the major themes that we can see itin this work.