Naguib Mahfouz

crime Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz What drives the poor people of the eastern neighborhood to cooperate with the lords of the western neighborhood in concealing a crime despite the unity of the contradictions between the two sides: - A question that confirms that you...

Rosy morning Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz This collection of short stories is considered one of Naguib Mahfouz's most important short stories, encompassing three stories that encompass many of the tales and characters Mahfouz experienced and witnessed firsthand. The events of the three stories each...

Black Cat Tavern Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz “Deep inside us lies a deep sadness that takes advantage of unfavorable opportunities to surface.” A collection of 19 short stories, first published in 1969, two years after the June 5 defeat, and embodying the spirit of...

One hour left Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz The Remaining Time is an Hour by Naguib Mahfouz... "Mahfouz's great and decisive achievement lies in his creativity in the field of novels and short stories... But the scope of his achievement is much broader, for his...

Dome weddings Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz This novel is biased towards imagination, dreams and creativity. This does not mean that it seeks to write purely and ideally. Rather, this only means empowering it with all its strength and unleashing all its energies to be...

Chatter on the Nile Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz A novel full of harsh criticism of the negatives existing in society. Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer revolted, threatening and vowing to punish the writer. However, President Abdel Nasser intervened after becoming convinced that freedom of...

Echoes of an Autobiography Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz This book of texts draws upon many scenes from Naguib Mahfouz's rich life, filled with personal experiences and intellectual reflections, without presenting what could be described as a traditional autobiography. It comprises 226 short texts of...

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...

Morning and evening talk Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz It is the story of every being and human being on the face of the earth... the same beginning and the same end... a boy is no different from a man, a woman from a girl,...

Whispers of the Stars   Author: Naguib Mahfouz "When his daughter Umm Kulthum handed me a small box containing several papers belonging to Mahfouz, I felt a delight as if I were about to discover a pharaonic tomb... Among the papers was a complete...

The Devil Preaches Author Name: Naguib Mahfouz   One of Mahfouz's most famous short story collections, and the most diverse among political and social criticism and profound philosophical questioning. Mahfouz was influenced in writing it by the deterioration witnessed by Egyptian society as a...

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...

Under the Umbrella Author: Naguib Mahfouz   "Then many construction workers arrived, followed by lorries laden with stones, cement, and construction tools. With astonishing speed, they built a magnificent tomb, and nearby, they erected a large bed from stones, covered it with sheets, and...

Dreams of Convalescence Author: Naguib Mahfouz   A unique book in its subject and style, with which Naguib Mahfouz concluded his creative journey by writing texts depicting fragments and specters of his dreams during the convalescence period following his stabbing by extremists, adding to...

The Day the Leader Was Killed Author: Naguib Mahfouz   "At first, we were stunned. It's certainty. Oh, the astonishment! The man is finished?.. Who would have imagined? Why do we sometimes believe that impossibility exists? Why do we imagine that there is no...

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...

Tales from Our Alley Author: Naguib Mahfouz   A unique novel in its structure, composed of many tales that initially appear to be self-contained narrative units. However, as the pages turn, they coalesce to form a picture of the alley, or of the world...

The Mirrors Author: Naguib Mahfouz   An innovative and unprecedented novel in Arabic literature, presented as portraits of real characters whose lives intersect with Mahfouz's own, shedding light on the hidden aspects of their lives. For this reason, some critics categorize it as "gossip...

Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth Author: Naguib Mahfouz   Meri-Moon asks his father to facilitate his mission of researching the truth about Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), one of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty, around whom opinions diverged between supporters and opponents of the religious revolution...

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...