Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian Writer(1911-2006)

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• Name: Naguib Mahfouz
• Birth: December 11, 1911, Cairo, Egypt
• Death: August 30, 2006, Agouza, Giza, Egypt
• Language: Arabic
• Who he was: Egyptian writer of 34 novels (including Midaq Alley and the "Cairo Trilogy"), over 350 short stories, and more; winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1988)
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