Author
Under the Spotlight - Naguib Mahfouz
In this section we highlight individuals from all walks of life: students, parents, academics, architects, lawyers…etc. They do all have one thing in common though: each one of them has studied (or is studying) in a university in the Middle East or North Africa region (MENA).
This week we highlight the author and screenwriter: -
Naguib Mahfouz
“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." – Naguib Mahfouz
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Born |
Cairo |
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Year |
1911 |
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Died |
August 2006
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Education |
Received a degree in philosophy from Fu’ad University (now Cairo University) |
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Major Work |
Nearly 40 novel length works and hundreds of short stories. Such as Cairo Trilogy, Midaq Alley, Children of Gebelawi |
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Major achievement |
1st Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature |
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Other Facts:
- -His entire life he only left Egypt twice.
- -He turned down the opportunity to travel to Stockholm to receive his Nobel prize
- -He has been compared to Zola, Balzac and Dickens
- -Mahfouz states that his work revolves around the 3 poles of politics, faith and love
- -Mahfouz was named after professor Naquib Pasha Mahfouz, the renowned physician that delivered him
- -In 1996 he was attacked and stabbed outside his home. He survived the attack but nerves in his right -hand were permanently damaged and was unable to write for more than a few minutes each day
- -Mahfouz married at the age of 43
- -Mahfouz was awarded a state funeral with full military honors.
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