1- Sheikh Zaabalawi
What does Sheikh Zaabalawi represent? Is he symbolic of anything in particular, or does he represent many things at once? (Try and use specifics from the text to support your argument.) Zaabalawi is not just a man who can perform miracles and cure the body. The narrator’s search for him also represents a search for the mystical, a search for religious discipline. In that way, Zaabalawi comes to represent God. 2 - "Zaabalawi"--thinking about illness
The narrator’s illness is never defined because it is not just a physical illness. It represents more an eponymous malaise that ...
