Mahfouz, Naguib

Five [5] Inscribed Titles

Cairo, Egypt: Maktbit Misr, 1987 - 1988. First Edition. All volumes are inscribed to the same person; Mahmoud Abd El Moem Morad. Morad was a minor Egyptian poet in the later half of the 20th Century. Much of his history has been erased as his political affiliations were not necessarily in line with the governmental administrations of his time. Additionally, all books are published by Maktbit Misr in Cairo, Egypt.

1. Al Fajr Al Kazeb (Psuedo Dawn), First Edition, 1988, Inscribed to Mahoud Abd Monem Morad: “ to the great writer as a symbol of my love, admiration, gratitude, appreciation, admiration and thanks, /s/ Sincere Naguib Mahfouz, Dec.31, 1989”. 2. Amam Al Arsh (In Front Of The Throne), 1983, Inscribed: “with love and appreciation, /s/”. 3. Qashtmar (Qashtmar), 1988. Inscribed: “with love and appreciation /s/ ”. 4. Al Fajr Al Kazeb (Pseudo Dawn), 1988. Inscribed: “to the great writer as a symbol of my love admiration, gratitude, appreciation, admiration and thanks /s/ Dec. 6, 1988.” 5. Sabah El-Ward (Rosey Morning), 1987.. Inscribed: “ My brother, the great master Mahmoud Abd El Moem Morad, a gift to his personality and appreciation to his pen and longing to his memories /s/”

Naguib Mahfouz, (1911 - 2006) has been the only Egyptian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1988). He spent most all of his life in Cairo, where he published his first novel in 1939 and ten more were written before the Egyptian Revolution of July 1952, when he stopped writing for several years. The appearance of the Cairo Triology, Bayn al Qasrayn, Qasr al Shawq, Sukkariya (Between-the-Palaces, Palace of Longing, Sugarhouse) in 1957 made him famous throughout the Arab world as a depictor of traditional urban life. Until 1972, Mahfouz was employed as a civil servant, first in the Ministry of Mortmain Endowments, then as Director of Censorship in the Bureau of Art, as Director of the Foundation for the Support of the Cinema, and, finally, as consultant on Cultural Affairs to the Ministry of Culture. The years following his retirement from the Egyptian bureaucracy saw an outburst of further creativity, much of it experimental. He was the author of no fewer than thirty novels, more than a hundred short stories, and more than two hundred articles. Half of his novels have been made into films which have circulated throughout the Arabic-speaking world. (Les Prix Nobel). Very good with light wear which correlates to the quality of graphic card stock covers after a read through. Each book has its own variation of a scratch, spine crease or corner flutter. Item #3355

"It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat." - Naguib Mahfouz.

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