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Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz (d. 2006) is Egypt’s most illustrious writer. Over a career that lasted more than five decades, he wrote 34 novels, 13 short story anthologies, numerous plays and 30...view moreNaguib Mahfouz (d. 2006) is Egypt’s most illustrious writer. Over a career that lasted more than five decades, he wrote 34 novels, 13 short story anthologies, numerous plays and 30 screenplays. Of his many works, the most famous are The Cairo Trilogy, Children of the Alley and The Thief and the Dogs. Mahfouz received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988, the first writer in Arabic to do so.view less