Naguib Mahfouz

The Epic of the Harafish Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz's greatest and most important epic, in which he describes the human soul and its struggle between the search for salvation and the pursuit of pleasure. Ten tales, teeming with life's struggles, sweetness, and...

Between the two palaces Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz Between the Two Palaces is the first part of Naguib Mahfouz's famous trilogy, in which Cairo, and the Hussein district in particular, form the primary and sole stage. The novel tells the story of a middle-class...

Children of Gebelawi Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz Geblawi lives in his large house surrounded by gardens and high walls, surrounded by his sons and grandchildren, who are fighting over the endowment, while the thugs control the neighborhood and stand between Geblawi's sons and their...

One Thousand and One Nights Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz A fantasy novel inspired by the world of One Thousand and One Nights and its astonishing characters. Just as One Thousand and One Nights is considered the most important and fertile of all Eastern classics...

Palace of Longing Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz The second part of Naguib Mahfouz's famous trilogy, considered by many critics and literary experts to be the best and most important Arabic novel. This part deals with the period following the 1919 Revolution in the life...

Sugar Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz The third part of Naguib Mahfouz's famous trilogy, considered by many critics and literary experts to be the best and most important Arabic novel. Set between the mid-1930s and early 1940s, this part witnesses the greatest number of transformations...

The Thief and the Dogs Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz The Thief and the Dogs is a novel written by Naguib Mahfouz in 1961. It is considered one of his most famous novels after the trilogy. The novel represents the beginning of a new phase...

Miramar Author: Naguib Mahfouz   A novel set in a pension in Alexandria, where a captivating conflict unfolds from multiple perspectives across the chapters, centered around the beautiful rural maid among the residents of "Miramar Pension." The novel was adapted into a film in...

beginning and end Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz The mother struggles to support her four children after the father's death, and faces a devastating economic crisis that relegates the family to the lowest floor of the same building. The eldest son, Hassan, is unemployed and...

The Age of Love Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz It's "The Age of Love" by Naguib Mahfouz, which caught my attention and I said that it carries the phrase "Love is life and life is love" and here I didn't mean love in the narrow...

The Harafish Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz It tells the ten stories of generations of a family who lived in an Egyptian neighborhood of unknown time and place (it is believed to be in Al-Hussein, at the beginning of the Alawite dynasty in Egypt). The...

Mischief of the Fates Author: Naguib Mahfouz   This is the first novel in Mahfouz's historical trilogy, and also his first published novel overall. It revolves around King Khufu during the construction of the Great Pyramid. Khufu hears a prophecy from the magician Dedi...

Heart of the Night Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz The novel revolves around a philosophical dialogue about the life of Jaafar Al-Rawi, a seeker of freedom and the wealth of his grandfather, Sayyid Al-Rawi. His "sacred madness" drove him to live his life to the...

God's World Author: Naguib Mahfouz   Considered by many to be Mahfouz's most important collection of short stories, it gathers fourteen tales that largely revolve around the essence of life and death. It raises many questions that occupied Mahfouz throughout his life, such as...

Kashtamer Author: Naguib Mahfouz   In this novel, named after the "Kashtamer" café in Abbaseya, Naguib Mahfouz tells the story of the relationship between five friends from the neighborhood. Two are from Eastern Abbaseya, where the wealthy of the past lived in mansions, and...

New Cairo Author: Naguib Mahfouz Mahjoub Abdel Dayem faces an economic crisis that makes him resentful of his social status and willing to do anything to get rich and rise to higher and more prestigious positions. This includes entering into a sham marriage with...

The Road Author: Naguib Mahfouz A novel centered around Saber El-Rahimy, who, after his mother's death, is forced to search for his father to save him from ruin and bankruptcy. Torn between the pure, loving Ilham and the tempting, seductive Karima, Saber becomes lost...

Ibn Fattouma's Journey Author: Naguib Mahfouz The young Arab man "Qandil al-Annaby," or Ibn Fattouma the traveler, as he would later be known, fails to marry his beloved. His teacher encourages him to embark on a journey through neighboring lands in search of perfection...

mirage Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz A unique psychological novel among Mahfouz's works, it delves into the depths of the human psyche, exploring its hidden recesses. The story centers on the character of Kamel Rouba Laz and the psychological and social environment in which he...

The beggar Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz A novel about Omar Al-Hamzawi's state of moral bankruptcy and nihilism, and the existential crisis and boredom that ruin his passion for life and his relationship with his family. The novel was adapted into a movie in 1973....