Naguib Mahfouz

Mahfouz materials withdrawn from Sotheby’s auction
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Mahfouz materials withdrawn from Sotheby’s auction

The Sotheby's London auction house stopped the auction of a “highly significant” archive of materials by Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning writer…
In other words: A fresh take on Mahfouz translations
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In other words: A fresh take on Mahfouz translations

For years, a complete translation of “The Cairo Trilogy,” Naguib Mahfouz's best-known work, “had been sitting in a closet at…
Ministry of Culture celebrates Naguib Mahfouz centennial
Egypt

Ministry of Culture celebrates Naguib Mahfouz centennial

The Ministry of Culture celebrated the 100th anniversary of Naguib Mahfouz’s birth on Sunday. The late Mahfouz, an Egyptian writer,…
This year’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal award goes to … you
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This year’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal award goes to … you

This year’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal awards ceremony was markedly different from the previous 14. Some of the surprises at the…
Sotheby’s London to auction Naguib Mahfouz manuscripts
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Sotheby’s London to auction Naguib Mahfouz manuscripts

The Sotheby's London auction house announced Thursday that it will offer a major cache of manuscripts by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian…
Salafi leader prohibited from making press statements
Egypt

Salafi leader prohibited from making press statements

The Salafi Nour Party’s supreme committee has prohibited prominent Salafi figure Abdel Moneim al-Shahat from issuing press statements, after the…
What a change in Egypt’s leadership means for Israel
World

What a change in Egypt’s leadership means for Israel

JERUSALEM — Two decades ago, Naguib Mahfouz, the late, great Nobel literature laureate, speaking to the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem…
The 27th Alexandria Film Festival kicks off
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The 27th Alexandria Film Festival kicks off

After the cancellation of the Cairo and Ismailia film festivals this year, the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries has…
Should Egypt pay to promote its authors abroad?
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Should Egypt pay to promote its authors abroad?

  When the UK-based Literature Across Frontiers (LAF) visited Cairo this month, it was with the aim of speeding and…
On an Eid anniversary, Mahfouz’s final gifts
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On an Eid anniversary, Mahfouz’s final gifts

  Nobody feels the joy of the Eid as much as children, and when we were children, we could hardly…
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