# North African classics

Writers include Naguib Mahfouz, Albert Memmi, Kateb Yacine, Tayeb Salih and Mohamed Choukri. Set in or written from Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia. First published 1947 to 1973.

## Books

- [Midaq Alley](https://africantales.net/books/midaq-alley), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1947
- [The Pillar of Salt](https://africantales.net/books/the-pillar-of-salt), Albert Memmi, Tunisia, 1953
- [Palace Walk](https://africantales.net/books/palace-walk), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1956
- [Nedjma](https://africantales.net/books/nedjma), Kateb Yacine, Algeria, 1956
- [Season of Migration to the North](https://africantales.net/books/season-of-migration-to-the-north), Tayeb Salih, Sudan, 1966
- [For Bread Alone](https://africantales.net/books/for-bread-alone), Mohamed Choukri, Morocco, 1973

## See also

- [North African literature](https://africantales.net/regions/north-africa)
- [African classics](https://africantales.net/genres/classic)
- [North African literary fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/north-africa/literary-fiction)

Source: https://africantales.net/regions/north-africa/classic