6/22/2023 0 Comments الكرنك by Naguib Mahfouz![]() ![]() During his youth, he lamented his lack of sibling dialogue, and revisited the bonds within his later work.Īlthough not always connected to his family, Mahfouz’s childhood was noted to be a happy, stable one rife with religion. ![]() Being the youngest by far, Mahfouz is recorded as having felt like an only child with nearly ten years between him and his next-youngest brother, Mahfouz was left scavenging for attention among preoccupied minds. Al Moaez Street, Old Cairo | Photo Credit: Samar Selim via Twitter A Child of Gamaliya Writesīorn on December 11, 1911, Mahfouz was raised in Cairo’s modest Gamaliya district, in a house packed with seven siblings. ![]() Mahfouz reacquainted the world with modern Egypt. Straying from romantic visions of Egypt, Mahfouz reacquainted the world with a human reality, one with fault-lines and furies, with love and betrayal. In one home, nestled tight between two others, a son is learning how to hold a pen upright that son would soon become one of Egypt’s thought-leader figureheads and a Nobel Prize laureate.įrom the controversial to unrivaled colloquial story-telling, Naguib Mahfouz has immortalized his name in local and international literary circles. The old Gamaliya quarter in Cairo is humble and bustling, cobblestone streets and squat buildings. Naguib Mahfouz’ “The Quarter” | Photo Credit: Naguib Mahfouz: Egypt’s Polarizing Legacy ![]()
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