Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006).(Obituary)

From: Bookmarks | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: Teisch, Jessica | Copyright information

"The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition."

Naguib Mahfouz, Aramco World Magazine, March-April 1989.

ON OCTOBER 14, 1994, as Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz, then 82, made his way to a weekly gathering with friends at a Cairo cafe, a man stabbed him in the neck. Mahfouz survived the assassination attempt, the ...

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