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Naguib Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Getty
Naguib Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Getty
Why there’s no better time to start reading Naguib Mahfouz
Today would be the Nobel laureate’s 108th birthday
M Lynx Qualey
11 December, 2019