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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Her anguish over the changes that had befallen her was considerable, although at first she had welcomed them as an expression of her grief. Then she had begun to wonder anxiously if she might not need her health to get through the remainder of her life."