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Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Of his many works, the most famous is the Cairo Trilogy, consisting of Palace Walk (1956), Palace of Desire (1957), and Sugar Street (1957), which focuses on a Cairo family through three generations, from 1917 until 1952. In 1988, he was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006. 
Wedding Song
The Search
The Beggar
Respected Sir
Autumn Quail
The Mummy Awakens
Before the Throne
The Mirage
Sugar Street
Palace of Desire
Palace Walk
Khan al-Khalili
Cairo Modern
The Dreams
Morning and Evening Talk
Karnak Café
Three Novels of Ancient Egypt: Khufu's Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War
The Seventh Heaven
Thebes at War
Khufu's Wisdom
Rhadopis of Nubia
Voices from the Other World
Respected Sir, Wedding Song, The Search
The Cairo Trilogy
The Beggar, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail
The Day the Leader Was Killed
Akhenaten
Echoes of an Autobiography
The Harafish
Children of the Alley
Arabian Nights and Days
Adrift on the Nile
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma
Miramar
The Time and the Place
Midaq Alley

Books

Wedding Song
The Search
The Beggar
Respected Sir
Autumn Quail
The Mummy Awakens
Before the Throne
The Mirage
Sugar Street
Palace of Desire
Palace Walk
Khan al-Khalili
Cairo Modern
The Dreams
Morning and Evening Talk
Karnak Café
Three Novels of Ancient Egypt: Khufu's Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War
The Seventh Heaven
Thebes at War
Khufu's Wisdom
Rhadopis of Nubia
Voices from the Other World
Respected Sir, Wedding Song, The Search
The Cairo Trilogy
The Beggar, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail
The Day the Leader Was Killed
Akhenaten
Echoes of an Autobiography
The Harafish
Children of the Alley
Arabian Nights and Days
Adrift on the Nile
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma
Miramar
The Time and the Place
Midaq Alley

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