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Embassy of Sweden in Cairo commemorates Egyptian Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz
The ceremony was attended by a large number of public and cultural figures, including Huda Naguib Mahfouz, the daughter of the Egyptian novelist; the family of renowned photographer Mohamed Hegazy; CEO of Dar Al-Shorouk Foundation Ibrahim Al-Moallem; researcher and founder of El-Da7ee7 channel on YouTube, Ahmed El Ghandour; and the CEO of the Swedish company for audio books Storytel in Egypt.

Egypt to launch caricature expo of Nobel Laureates Naguib Mahfouz, Gabriel Marquez
The exhibition featuring the two writing legends and Nobel Laureates aims to fulfil one of Mahfouz’s wishes to meet with the Colombian writer

Naguib Mahfouzâs daughter donates some of Nobel laureateâs belongings to his museum
The biographical museum, which was inaugurated last year in Cairoâs Al-Gamaleya neighbourhood, contains some manuscripts of Mahfouzâs most famous novels and their translated versions into different languages.

Naguib Mahfouz museum: veteran novelistâs captivating life journey beneath walls of Ottoman empire buildingÂ
Museum located in Al-Gamaleya district, where he lived all of his life, shaped his soul into shining dynamo that brought world irreplaceable literary treasures

AUC increases award of Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature to $3,000
Medal awards best contemporary novel published in Arabic in last 2 years

Celebrating his 107 birthday: Naguib Mahfouzâs new stories see light
Short stories will be published in book under title of âHams El-Nogoomâ

New book unveils secret memoirs from Naguib Mahfouzâs life
A new book about the prominent late Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, Days with Naguib Mahfouz, was released on Thursday 22 February, telling untold stories of Mahfouzâs life. Written by critic-cum-author Fathy El-Ashry, the book is comprised of real life situations and conversations that Mahfouz had with his friend El-Ashry. It also recounts Mahfouzâs life after …

Ministry of Culture donates Naguib Mahfouzâs novels to University of Johannesburg
The collection includes 40 of Mahfouzâs most famous artistic novels that were translatedÂ

In Cartoon: From Ahmed Nagy to Naguib Mahfouz: literature on trial

âChildren of the Alleyâ: A controversial masterpiece
The story of Children of the Alley, also known as âChildren of Gebelawiâ, is told through several generations of the main ancestor Gebelawi. The main characterâs presence alone in the book created controversy

Italian animator wins âThe Golden Pyramidâ at Cairo International Film Festival
Massi, who has won over 200 awards in major festivals in Italy and internationally, draws everything by hand instead of using computers

Google doodles: entertaining and educating the masses
Featuring Naguib Mahfouz, Om Kalthoum, Mahmoud Mokhtar and others, Egyptian doodles continue to interact with Egyptians

Anniversary of Naguib Mahfouzâs death
Six years have passed since the Nobel Prize winnerâs death
How the world discovered Naguib Mahfouz
By Maurice Chammah Although now widely considered Egyptâs literary ambassador to the world, Naguib Mahfouz was relatively unknown outside of Egypt until 1988, the year he won the Nobel Prize. Speaking in Cairo this week, Sture AllĂ©n, a professor of computational linguistics and member of the Swedish Academy that selects the winner of the Nobel Prize …