Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz
(نجيب محفوظ)
1911-2006
(African Success)
no copyright infringement intended

he embodied the essence of what makes the bruising, raucous, chaotic human anthill of Cairo possible

(http://www.aucpress.com/t-aboutnm.aspx)

I went yesterday on the Amazon and ordered his Arabian Nights and Days (ليالي ألف ليلة). It should come in about a month.

•  A Story (à la manière de Mahfouz)

(A Life in Books)