Question
An author recalled his childhood in this country in the three-volume autobiography The Days. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this home country of Taha Hussein. In a novel from this country, Amina is exiled from her house after being hit by a car and fracturing her collarbone.
ANSWER: Egypt [or Arab Republic of Egypt or Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah]
[10e] Amina’s son Kamal pines over his unrequited love in Palace of Desire, which appears with Palace Walk and Sugar Street in this Egyptian author's Cairo Trilogy.
ANSWER: Naguib Mahfouz [or Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha]
[10h] Mahfouz described dissatisfaction with Egypt's police system and revolution in this novel. The protagonist of this novel seeks revenge on Rauf Ilwan and is eventually shot by police while thinking of his daughter Sana.
ANSWER: The Thief and the Dogs [or al-liṣ wal-kilāb]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 89% | 56% | 44% |
Data
| NYU B | Bard A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Columbia A | Penn A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Haverford | Vassar | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Rutgers A | NYU A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Penn B | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Princeton A | Rowan A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cornell C | Yale A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia B | Yale B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yale C | Princeton B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |