New Periodical,, 15

New Testament, 153, 160, 170, 175

Nile, 58

nipple, 127

Nobel Prize, 3, 10, 11

Mahfouz, Naguib, 11

literature, 3, 10, 11

Novel as Beginning Intention, The,, 19

occupation, 2, 10, 11, 28, 54, 56, 66, 69, 70, 93, 137, 142, 170, 172, 190, 192, 206, 220, 221

1 Corinthians, 7:5

Opening the Gates,, 5

Orient, 59, 65, 104

Oriental, 40, 59, 65

orientalism, 65

Other, xiv, xviii, xxi, 3, 4, 59, 104, 110, 153, 156, 166, 167, 215

Palace of Desire,, 12, 80, 143, 145, 204

Palace Walk,, 12, 73, 74, 78, 80, 81, 88, 89, 92, 97, 106, 127, 130, 139, 142, 143, 145, 194, 199, 204, 220

Palestinian, 5

paradise, 148

earthly, 148

patriarchal, 16, 20, 24, 27, 74, 78, 79, 97, 101, 111, 113, 117, 119, 122, 124, 143, 144, 148, 153, 154, 160, 161, 164–166, 169, 172, 176, 179, 180, 183, 186, 190, 194, 195, 213, 214, 216, 219, 220

patriarchy, 17–20, 22, 28, 84, 152, 162

permissiveness, 63

Persian Gulf, 35

persuasion, 112

philosophies, 139

Pierrepont, Lady Mary, 7

pimp, 60, 66, 70, 203

platonic, 89

pluralism, 26

police officer, 88

politics, 14, 60, 196, 198, 210

Pollard, Lisa, 79

polygamy, 32, 57, 138

polytheistic, 23

poverty, 40, 44, 51, 54, 59, 62, 63, 65–67, 69, 70, 182, 190, 219

prayers, 83, 86, 121, 126

Friday, 83, 86

prejudices, 2, 23, 116, 172, 193, 215

Principles of Marriage and Family Ethics,, 91

prison, 56, 59, 62, 119, 120, 189, 194, 199–201

prophet, 32, 47, 56, 123, 138, 148, 149, 179, 180, 182, 213, 218, 220

Prophet Mohammed, 179, 180

prostitution, 22, 23, 38, 63–66, 70, 106–108, 129, 220

punishment, 48, 49, 79, 101, 173, 207

Qabbani, Nizar, 4

Qassem, 176–181

Qur’an, 1, 3, 25, 27–29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 48, 49, 51–53, 56, 58, 77, 82, 98, 99, 111, 117, 136, 138, 139, 142, 143, 148, 149, 151, 153, 155, 156, 186, 212, 218

Rassool, G. Hussein, 179

readers, 2–4, 7, 11–13, 15, 24, 26, 27, 37, 40, 44, 48, 56, 48, 56, 77, 81, 86, 87, 105, 143, 149, 154, 177, 190, 193, 198, 210, 219