Naguib Mahfouz's Dialogues

Author's name: Mohamed Salmawy

These engaging interviews capture the essence of our greatest writer, Naguib Mahfouz, at the height of his maturity and wisdom. We learn about his views on culture, politics, and religion, as well as his memories, through the famous weekly interviews conducted with him by writer Mohamed Salmawy, which were published every week in Al-Ahram for 12 years, from 1994 until his death in 2006. In the introduction to this book, the great writer Mohamed Salmawy says: “In these interviews, Naguib Mahfouz’s insight, encyclopedic knowledge, and comprehensive vision become clear, making them valid for all times. The reader almost feels as if they were conducted today, and that Mahfouz is speaking in them about current issues and presenting opinions that are so urgently needed in the face of the problems we face today... But before and after all of that, it is an intimate session that takes the reader into the company of one of the greatest and most enjoyable men of Egypt in our modern era.”