My lord, Your Divine Majesty! Why differentiate your lofty self from the people of Egypt, as one would the head from the heart or the soul from the b… - Naguib Mahfouz
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My lord, Your Divine Majesty! Why differentiate your lofty self from the people of Egypt, as one would the head from the heart or the soul from the body? You are, my lord, the token of their honor, the mark of their eminence, the citadel of their strength, and the inspiration for their power. You have endowed them with life, glory, might, and happiness. In their affection there is neither humiliation nor enslavement; but rather, a beautiful loyalty and venerable love for you, and for the homeland.
Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic: نجيب محفوظ Nagīb Maḥfūẓ, IPA: [næˈɡiːb mɑħˈfuːzˤ]; December 11, 1911 – August 30, 2006) was an Egyptian writer, who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Also Known As
Native Name:
نجيب محفوظ
Alternative Names:
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
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Najīb Maḥfūẓ
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naguib mahvuz
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mahfoud najib
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naguib mahfoud
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Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
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