Cairo Trilogy - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

The brothers Yasin and Kamal gravitate towards Islamism and Marxism in the final book of this trilogy, Sugar Street. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz that depicts Fahmy’s death at an anti-British protest in its novel Palace Walk.

ANSWER: Cairo Trilogy

[10e] In his Cairo Trilogy, Mahfouz follows those three brothers’ fates using the “social” form of this style. In the arts, this term refers to any style that attempts to represent life as it actually is.

ANSWER: realism [or realist; accept social realism]

[10h] After betraying their father, the brothers Idris and Adham are banished from the Big House in this Mahfouz novel. The magician Arafa accidentally kills the title stand-in for God in this allegorical novel.

ANSWER: Children of Gebelawi [or Awlad Haratina; accept Children of the Alley]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	5	18.00	80%	80%	20%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	100%	0%
North	Main	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Pacific	Main	Y	6	20.00	83%	100%	17%
South Central	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	100%	14%
UK (North)	UK	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	UCSD A	10	10	0	20
Claremont C	Claremont B	0	10	0	10
UCLA C	UC Irvine	0	10	0	10
UC Santa Barbara	UCSD B	10	10	0	20
Ottawa B	McGill A	10	10	0	20
Ottawa D	McGill C	10	10	0	20
Carleton A	McGill E	10	10	0	20
Guelph A	Toronto D	10	10	0	20
McMaster A	Toronto F	10	0	0	10
Toronto C	Toronto E	10	10	0	20
Toronto G	Waterloo A	10	10	10	30
Toronto I	Queen's A	0	10	0	10
Ohio State B	CWRU B	10	10	0	20
Louisville D	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
Michigan A	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Ohio State C	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A	Ohio State D	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	WVU A	10	10	0	20
NCSU A	Virginia A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	UNC A	10	10	0	20
UNC D	William & Mary B	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech C	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
William & Mary A	Virginia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	George Mason B	10	10	0	20
NYU A	George Mason C	10	10	0	20
Rutgers C	Princeton	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Stony Brook	0	10	0	10
Penn	Vassar A	0	10	0	10
Lehigh B	Vassar B	0	10	0	10
Purdue C	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Illinois Urbana	Illinois Orange	10	10	0	20
Illinois Blue	Indiana A	10	10	0	20
WashU Grolars	Iowa B	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	Rose-Hulman A	10	10	0	20
WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	10	10	0	20
William Woods University A	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Michigan Tech	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin A	Macalester	10	10	0	20
St. Thomas	Wisconsin B	10	10	0	20
Alberta A	Washington Chinook	10	10	10	30
British Columbia B	Arizona State B	10	10	0	20
Washington Steelhead	British Columbia A	10	10	0	20
British Columbia C	Alberta B	10	0	0	10
Washington Chum	Washington Pink	10	10	0	20
Washington Sockeye	Washington Masu	10	10	0	20
Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston College B	10	10	0	20
Central Oklahoma A	Murray State College A	10	10	0	20
Chipola College	Montevallo	10	10	10	30
Clemson B	Georgia Tech F	10	10	0	20
Alabama A	Clemson C	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Auburn C	10	10	0	20
Emory A	Tennessee Tech	10	10	0	20
Durham D	Durham C	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh C	Edinburgh A	0	10	0	10
Sheffield A	Edinburgh D	10	10	0	20
Sheffield B	Durham B	10	10	0	20
Imperial A	Bristol	10	10	0	20
Cardiff	Cambridge D	10	10	0	20
Cambridge A	Cambridge E	10	10	0	20
Birmingham	Imperial B	0	0	0	0
Cambridge C	Imperial D	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Binghamton C	10	10	0	20
Rochester	RIT B	0	10	0	10