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Egypt’s Naguib Mahfouz is the only Arab to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Victor Besa / The National
Egypt’s Naguib Mahfouz is the only Arab to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Victor Besa / The National
How Egypt's rich history powers the novels of Naguib Mahfouz
The late Nobel laureate is a central focus of this year's Abu Dhabi International Book Fair