This evening, the 18th Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature will be awarded on this, the 103rd anniversary of the author’s birth:
Mahfouz remains not just the language’s only Nobel Literature laureate, but also a beloved and best-selling author .
FROM MAHFOUZ
Excerpt from The Thief and the Dogs
FROM MAHFOUZ’S TRANSLATORS
William Hutchins on Translating Naguib Mahfouz’s ‘Trilogy’ and ‘Cairo Modern’
5 Thoughts from Raymond Stock on Translating the Master
Q&A with Naguib Mahfouz Biographer Raymond Stock: On the Author’s Life, Archives
5 Questions with Catherine Cobham on Translation Mahfouz’s ‘Harafish’
‘HOW I MET MAHFOUZ’ SERIES
Margaret Litvin: Meeting Mahfouz: An Evening at the Nadwa
How I Met Mahfouz: Amira Nowaira on Growing Up with the Trilogy
How I Met Mahfouz: Down ‘Midaq Alley’ in ’77
Gada Mahfud Dhiem: How I Met Naguib Mahfouz: ‘He’s Always Been in My Life’
Naila Kelani: ‘How I Met Mahfouz’ and Found the Doorway to (Real) Arab Lit
MORE MAHFOUZ MEMORIES
Mohamed Salmawy: Memories of Naguib Mahfouz and the Movies
From AUC Press: Faten Mahfouz speaks about her Nobel laureate father
I did not heard of his name.. How poor am I…I am going to make a research about Naguib Mahfouz..
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