{"id":11006,"date":"2015-06-03T23:46:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T23:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=11006"},"modified":"2015-06-04T05:10:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T05:10:19","slug":"naguib-mahfouz-1911-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/naguib-mahfouz-1911-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Naguib Mahfouz: (1911 \u2013 2006)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 Ahlan Arabic lovers! Today, I am going to tell you the story of a great Egyptian novelist \u0631\u0648\u0627\u0626\u0640\u0640\u064a<\/strong>, writer \u0643\u0640\u0640\u0627\u062a\u0640\u0640\u0628<\/strong> and philosopher \u0641\u0640\u0640\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0644\u0640\u0640\u0633\u0640\u0640\u0648\u0641<\/strong>; Naguib Mahfouz \u0646\u0640\u0640\u062c\u0640\u0640\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0628 \u0645\u0640\u0640\u062d\u0640\u0640\u0641\u0640\u0640\u0648\u0638<\/strong>. Yes, he is the only Arab Nobel Laureate for literature \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062f\u0628<\/strong> in 1988. To get more information about other Arab Nobel Laureates, click here<\/a>. His literary works are classified under the themes of realism \u0627\u0644\u0640\u0640\u0648\u0627\u0642\u0640\u0640\u0639\u0640\u0640\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong> and existentialism \u0627\u0644\u0640\u0640\u0648\u062c\u0640\u0640\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong>. During his long literary career, he published 34 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie scripts, and five plays. Many of his works have been turned into films in Egypt and outside. Also, many of his works have been translated into over 30 languages.<\/p>\n

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Naguib Mahfouz image by BSH via Flicker<\/p><\/div>\n

His Early Life <\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 Naguib Mahfouz was born on 11th<\/sup> December, 1911 to a middle-class family in Al-Gamaliyah Quarter \u062d\u0640\u0640\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0640\u0640\u062c\u0640\u0640\u0645\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0644\u0640\u0640\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong> , in old Cairo. His father, Abdel-Aziz Ibrahim Ahmad El-Basha, who was a minor pubic employee, gave him the compound name of Naguib Mahfouz for some reason. The reason for this compound name was to honor the physician Naguib Pasha Mahfouz who delivered him. Mahfouz’s mother; Fatimah was the daughter of Mustafa Qasheesha; an Al-Azhar Sheikh. She used to take him to different museums. This also affected his personality and the Egyptian History became a major theme in his literary works later on.<\/p>\n

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The Cairo of Naguib Mahfouz image by galdorudy via Flicker<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Naguib Mahfouz was the youngest child in the family. He had five brothers and two sisters. The Egyptian Revolution of 1919 happened when Mahfouz was just seven years old. However, it had a great influence on his character and this appeared in some of his later works.<\/p>\n

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he Last Decision via goodreads<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mahfouz’s family moved to many quarters of old Cairo like Al-Abbasiyah \u0627\u0644\u0640\u0640\u0639\u0640\u0640\u0628\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0633\u0640\u0640\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong>, Al-Ghoriyah \u0627\u0644\u0640\u0640\u063a\u0640\u0640\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong> and Al-Hussein \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0640\u0640\u0633\u0640\u0640\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0646<\/strong>. The life in such historic and culturally-rich places had its influence on Mahfouz, too. This influence enriched his literary career later and gave him deep insight into human nature.<\/p>\n

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Khan Al-Khalili image by Mohamad Alwakeel<\/p><\/div>\n

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