Naguib Mahfouz was a widely read, popular novelist in Egypt and throughout the Arabic-speaking world for many years before he received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Since that time, his regional fame has become global recognition, with English-language rights for his works commanding high prices and numerous magazines featuring profiles of him and his career. By establishing a context against which Mahfouz's work can be measured, this book helps to bridge the gap between the characterisation of Mahfouz as a writer of only regional importance and his emergence as an author of world-class significance. In this volume, scholars of Arabic language and literature show how Mahfouz's work transcends life in the ancient alleys of Cairo and speaks to all peoples in all cultures.
The Arab Laureate and the Road to Nobel, Salma Khadra Jayyusi; Naguib Mahfouz and the Nobel Prize, Sarah Lawall; Naguib Mahfouz and the Arabic Novel, Roger Allen; From ""Naguib Mahfouz Remembers"", Gamal al-Ghitani; Place and Time in Mahfouz's al-Qahira, Caroline Williams; Respected Sir, Samia Mehrez; Existential Themes in a Traditional Cairo Setting, Mona N. Mikhail; The Mahfouzian Sublime, Michael Beard; Men Constructed in the Mirror of Prostitution, Miriam Cooke; Mahfouz's Dreams, Fedwa Malti-Douglas; Naguib Mahfouz's Critics, Gaber Asfour.
