Round 10: Tossup 2

An author who wrote in this language and English created a series of essays structured as questions from a seeress to a visitor leaving Orphalese. A novel in this language (15[1])allegorizes Abrahamic religious figures like Moses and Jesus to residents (-5[1])of an alley. A mother is kicked out of her home after she breaks (15[1])her collarbone in a car accident in a trilogy in this language whose entries include (*) Sugar Street and Palace Walk. A series of stories in this language include one in which thieves hide in oil jars and another in which rocs are encountered by Sinbad the Sailor. For 10 points, name this language used by Naguib Mahfouz to write his Cairo Trilogy. ■END■

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