مؤلف: Naguib Mahfouz

Meet the people of Cairo’s Gamaliya quarter. There is Nabqa, son of Adam the waterseller who can only speak truths; the beautiful and talented Tawhida who does not age with time; Ali Zaidan, the …

Nobody has done more for modern Arabic literature in translation than Denys Johnson-Davies, described by the late Edward Said as ‘the leading Arabic English translator of our time.’ With more than …

Nobel winning author, Naguib Mahfouz’s late-translated novella, Heart of the Night is now available for the first time in paperback Jaafar Ibrahim Sayyed al-Rawi is guided by his motto, “let life …

Love who can count its varieties, measure its force, uncover the masks it wears, or predict how it binds and divides? In this spare novel, master storyteller Naguib Mahfouz gives us some of his most …

Hamid Burhan, a retired government employee, and his loyal wife Saniya have built themselves a home in the quiet southern suburb of Helwan, where they raise their son and two daughters, expecting …

Mahfouz’s last novel, an evocative depiction of life in Egypt in the twentieth century as told through the lives of a group of friends, is now available in paperback for the first time On a schoo …

A vibrant novel of memorable characters who search for happiness and true love, cope with the bitterness that results from love’s betrayal, and embrace new beginnings. Set in Cairo in the aftermath …

When Naguib Mahfouz left his job as a civil servant in 1971, a Nobel Prize in literature was nowhere on the horizon, nor was his global recognition as the central figure of Arab literature. He was ju …

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Naguib Mahfouz is one of the most important writers in contemporary Arabic literature. Winner of the Nobel Prize in 1988 (the only Arab writer to win the prize thus far), his novels helped bring …

When Naguib Mahfouz quit his job as a civil servant in 1971, a Nobel Prize in literature was still off on the horizon, as was his global recognition as the central figure of Arab literature. He was …

Available in English for the first time, this rediscovered classic which Naguib Mahfouz called “exceptional, ‘ tells a story of fathers and sons, scoundrels and the innocent, set in 1930s Cairo K …

Available in English for the first time, this rediscovered classic which Naguib Mahfouz called "exceptional, " tells a story of fathers and sons, scoundrels and the innocent, set in 1930s …

In these essays Naguib Mahfouz comments on Egyptian politics, the role of Parliament, and the institutional changes that took place in Egypt after Honsi Mubarak became President in 1981. …

Naguib Mahfouz, the Arab world’s only Nobel literature laureate, is best known internationally for his short stories and novels, including The Cairo Trilogy. But in Egypt he was equally familiar to …