Naguib Mahfouz Passes Away at age 94
Naguib Mahfouz, the great Egyptian novelist, died on August 30th in Cairo aged 94. Mahfouz was the Arab world's most prominent literary figure, winning the Nobel prize in 1988. Best known for his masterpiece, The Cairo Trilogy (Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street), he wrote 50 books over his lifetime, including plays, short stories, essays and 34 novels. His most recent work is The Seventh Heaven, a collection of stories to be published in December by Anchor. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
