<![CDATA[This study examines how sexual and moral narratives are conveyed in Trevor Le Gassick’s English translation of Naguib Mahfouz’s Midaq Alley. Using Mona Baker’s narrative model (2019), it explores ontological, public, and meta-narratives, focusing on relationality, causal emplotment, temporality, and selective appropriation. The analysis shows how Le Gassick mediates themes of desire, repression, and social negotiation while preserving Arab cultural codes. Key episodes—Mr. Kirsha’s predatory behavior, Hamida’s encounter with Ibrahim Faraj, and SuSu’s socio-economic portrayal of desire—illustrate how sexual and moral tensions are rendered for a global audience. The findings reveal that the translation maintains the novel’s cultural integrity, echoing Mahfouz’s voice and reflecting the nuanced social and moral fabric of Arab society.]]>
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