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Arabic books by Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006 - the nobel prize winning Egyptian novelist, regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature to explore themes of existentialism.

A'mam al A'rsh (1983) أمام العرش (حوار بين الحكام)
A'mam al A'rsh (1983)    أمام العرش (حوار بين الحكام)Softcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9753
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Historical Novel
Abstract: Before the Throne (a dialogue between the rulers), Naguib Mahfouz write a novel with dialogues between varous characters from different backgrounds, cultures, and walks of life.
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Ahlam Fatrat al Naqahah (2004) أحلام فترة النقاهة
Ahlam Fatrat al Naqahah (2004)    أحلام فترة النقاهةSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9780
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Writings
Abstract: Dreams of the Rehabilitation Period - Naguib Mahfouz transcribes his dreams. Presented without interpretation, the hundred and four sketches are cryptic, haunting, and brief…
$8.00
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Al A'ish fi Al Haqiqah (1985) العائش فى الحقيق
Al A'ish fi Al Haqiqah (1985)  العائش فى الحقيقSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9743
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Historical Novel
Abstract: Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth - An historical novel by Naguib Mahfouz, going to the time in Egypt of the Pharaohs.
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Al Fajr al Kadhab (1988) الفجر الكاذب
Al Fajr al Kadhab (1988)  الفجر الكاذبSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9754
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: 'False Dawn' - a group of 30 stories. (originally published 1988, this is a 2006 edition)
$14.00
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Al Harafish (1977) الحرافيش
Al Harafish (1977) الحرافيشSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9745
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The Harafish - Naguib Mahfouz - The al-Nagi family's history through ten generations in their Cairo alley is ''nothing more than a succession of deviations, disasters, lessons not learned.''
$20.00
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Al Hub Fouk Hadhbah al Har (1979) الحب فوق هضبة الهرم
Al Hub Fouk Hadhbah al Har (1979)   الحب فوق هضبة الهرمSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9746
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: Love above the Pyramid Plateau - stories about the youth and problems in finding employment, means of income, housing, and the inability to marry.
$16.00
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Al Hubb Tahat al Matar (1973) الحب تحت المطر
Al Hubb Tahat al Matar (1973)    الحب تحت المطرSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9776
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Love Under the Rain - this novel by Naguib Mahfouz has a underlying theme dealing with the problems of a demoralized nation, stemming from Egypt's defeat in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
$10.00
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Al Karnak (1974) الكرنك
Al Karnak (1974)  الكرنكSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9762
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: This novel by Mahfouz relates to human rights, in a world of politics, prisons, and youth.
$7.00
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Al Liss wa al Kilab (1961) اللص والكلاب
Al Liss wa al Kilab (1961) اللص والكلابSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9765
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The Thief and the Dogs, one of Naguib Mahfouz's most famous works, it charts the life of a thief recently released from jail who wants vengence on the people who put him there. In this novel Mahfouz futher developed his theme of existentialism.
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Al Mayara (1972) المرايا
Al Mayara (1972) المراياSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9740
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: Mirrors is one of Naguib Mahfouz's more unusual works, it consists of a series of vignettes of characters from a writer's life.
$16.00
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Al Mosirhayat (60's-70's ) المسرحيات
Al Mosirhayat  (60's-70's )  المسرحياتSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9763
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Six plays, in the tradition of the absurd, published in one book for the first time. In the late sixties and early seventies, Naguib Mahfouz wrote some plays in which absurdist elements are prevalent, in the mood, plot and character.
$15.00
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Al Qahirah al Jadidah (1946) القاهرة الجديدة
Al Qahirah al Jadidah (1946)  القاهرة الجديدةSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9755
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: 'Modern Cairo' - in this novel Mahfouz fuses moral philosophy and social problems.
$14.00
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Al Qirar al A'khir (1996) القرار الأخير
Al Qirar al A'khir (1996)  القرار الأخيرSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9778
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: The Recent Decision - a book of short stories by Naguib Mahfouz.
$9.00
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Al Saraab (1948) السراب
Al Saraab (1948) السرابSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9749
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The Mirage, a psychological study of the first order, an autobiographical account of a tortured soul struggling to cope with life's challenges.
$16.00
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Al Shahhadh (1965) الشحاذ
Al Shahhadh (1965) الشحاذSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9756
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The Beggar - A complex tale of alienation and despair, a passionate outcry against irrelevance.
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Al Shitan Ia'th (1979) الشيطان يعظ
Al Shitan Ia'th (1979) الشيطان يعظSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9769
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The Devil Preaches, short stories by Naguib Mahfouz.
$16.00
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Al Tariq (1964) الطريق
Al Tariq (1964)  الطريقSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9764
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The Search - in this novel by Naguib Mahfouz, the main character narrates. His father unknown, after his mother dies he becomes a drifter. The title is related to what 'road' or 'way' he will choose. A powerful story of lust, greed, and murder.
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Al Thulatiya 1 - Bayn el-Qasrayn (1956) الثلاثية - بين القصرين
Al Thulatiya 1 - Bayn el-Qasrayn (1956)    الثلاثية - بين القصرينSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9782
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Cairo Trilogy 1 - Palace Walk. This extraordinary novel provides a close look into Cairo society at the end of World War I. Mahfouz's vehicle for this examination is the family of al-Sayyid Ahmad, a middle-class merchant who runs his family strictly according to the Qur'an and directs his own behavior according to his desires.
$16.50
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Al Thulatiya 2 - Quast al Shawq (1957) الثلاثية - قصر الشوق
Al Thulatiya 2 - Quast al Shawq (1957)    الثلاثية - قصر الشوقSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9783
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Cairo Trilogy 2 - Palace of Desire. Al-Sayyid Ahmad is mellowing as he leaves middle age. As this second novel of "The Cairo Trilogy" opens, he is ending his self-imposed abstention from liquor and women, begun five years earlier upon the death of his son, Fahmy.
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Al Thulatiya 3 - al Sukkariyah (1957) الثلاثية - السكرية
Al Thulatiya 3 - al Sukkariyah (1957)    الثلاثية - السكريةSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9784
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Cairo Trilogy 3 - Sugar Street. The final volume in Nobel laureate Mahfouz's magisterial Cairo trilogy takes the Abd al-Jawad family from a rising tide of nationalist sentiment in 1935 through the darkness and confusion of WW II.
$15.50
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Al Tinthim al Sirah (1984) التنظيم السرى
Al Tinthim al Sirah (1984) التنظيم السرىSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9781
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: Clandestine Organization - Short Stories by Naguib Mahfouz.
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Asda' al Sira al Dhatiyya (1994) أصداء السيرة الذاتي
Asda' al Sira al Dhatiyya (1994)     أصداء السيرة الذاتيSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9744
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: Mahfouz's first nonfiction book to be published in English, this mosaic of autobiographical vignettes, reflections, allegories, childhood memories, dream visions …
$8.00
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Asr al Hubb (1980) عصر الحب
Asr al Hubb (1980)  عصر الحبSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9747
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: 'Age of Love' , a novel by Naguib Mahfouz.
$8.00
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Awlad Haretna (N. Mahfouz)
Awlad Haretna (N. Mahfouz)Softcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 4245
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: A Nobel prize winning book from author Naguib Mahfouz.
$18.00
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Bait Sa'a al Suma'ah (1965) بيت سئ السمعة
Bait Sa'a al Suma'ah (1965)  بيت سئ السمعةSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9772
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: House of Ill Repute - short stories by Naguib Mahfouz.
$12.00
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Bidaya wa Nihaya (1949) بداية ونهاية
Bidaya wa Nihaya (1949)    بداية ونهايةSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9761
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The Beginning and The End - With this realistic 1949 novel, Naguib Mahfouz reveals the woes of a petit bourgeois family thrust into poverty in World War 2 Cairo. The Kamels' private battles, relayed here in engrossing detail, are a microcosm of the Egyptian nation's birth pangs in gaining independence.
$16.00
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Dunya Allah (1962) دنيا الله
Dunya Allah (1962) دنيا اللهSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9748
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: Short stories by Naguib Mahfouz, complex with a combination of poverty and wealth, honor and theft, life and death.
$9.00
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Fatwah al A'tuf (1930's) فتوة العطوف
Fatwah al A'tuf (1930's)  فتوة العطوفSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9751
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: A collection of 9 short stories written by Naguib Mahfouz in the 1930's and printed in magazines and newspapers at the time. The stories are images of the everyday life of people with struggles.
$7.50
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Hadith al Sabah wa al Masa (1987) حديث الصباح والمساء
Hadith al Sabah wa al Masa (1987)    حديث الصباح والمساءSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9779
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Speaking of the Morning and Evening - an interesting novel by Mahfouz, it is written in an alphabetical sequence by the characters, family-tree fashion.
$13.00
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Hadrat al Muhtaram (1975 ) حضرة المحترم
Hadrat al Muhtaram (1975 )  حضرة المحترمSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9760
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Respected Sir - With this portrait of a misanthropic civil servant, the Egyptian Nobel laureate devises a cunning send-up of egregious ambition, stodgy bureaucracy and cloying piety.
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Hikaiah bila Bidayah wala Nihayah (1971) حكاية بلا بداية ولا نهاية
Hikaiah bila Bidayah wala Nihayah (1971)     حكاية بلا بداية ولا نهايةSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9741
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: A story without a beginning or an ending - stories featuring the simple style and realisitic personalities of Naguib Mahfouz, he follows events in the character's lifes, and portrays the Egyptian society at the time. It thrusts the reader between the beginning and the end.
$14.00
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Hums al Junoun (1938) همس الجنون
Hums al Junoun (1938)  همس الجنونSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9750
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Whisper of Madness - early short stories by Naguib Mahfouz.
$16.00
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Khan al Khalili (1945) خان الخليلي
Khan al Khalili (1945)  خان الخليليSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9739
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: An earlier work of Naguib Mahfouz, a novel set in the Cairo neighborhood of Khan El Khalili.
$14.00
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Khmarah al Cat al A'soud (1969) خمارة القط الأسود
Khmarah al Cat al A'soud (1969)    خمارة القط الأسودSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9777
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: The Pub of the Black Cat - Short Stories by Naguib Mahfouz.
$13.00
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Kifah Tybah (1944) كفاح طيبة
Kifah Tybah (1944) كفاح طيبةSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9771
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Historical Novel
Abstract: The Struggle of Thebes - Naguib Mahfouz writes about the decline of the Middle Kingdom during it's last period (1785-1575 BC), in it he describes the wars against a foreign Asiatic power.
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Laayali Alf Laylah (1981) ليالي ألف ليلة
Laayali Alf Laylah (1981) ليالي ألف ليلةSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9742
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Arabian Nights and Days - A clever, witty concoction that begins on the day following the Thousand and One Nights.
$16.00
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Misr al Qadeema (1932) مصر القديمة
Misr al Qadeema (1932) مصر القديمةSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9752
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Historical Novel
Abstract: 'Old Egypt', was Mahfouz's entrance to the world of writing in 1932 when he translated the book by the British writer James Peake. He went on to write historical novels inspired by Pharaonic Egypt at the end of the 1930's, leading to his Cairo Trilogy.
$7.00
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Mockery of the Fates (1939) عبث الأقدار
Mockery of the Fates (1939) عبث الأقدارSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9773
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Historical Novel
Abstract: Mockery of the Fates - The first novel of Naguib Mahfouz, he turned his attention to historical novels, producing a myth with history in this novel about relations withing the rulling family in the timeof the pharaohs.
$12.00
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Morning Rose (1987) صباح الورد
Morning Rose (1987)  صباح الوردSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9759
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: Morning Rose - short stories by Naguib Mahfouz.
$9.00
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Qalb al Layl (1975) قلب الليل
Qalb al Layl (1975)  قلب الليلSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9768
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The Heart of the Night - in this novel by Mahfouz, a man, now very old, recalls his childhood with is powerful grandfather, his fall from grace, and events in his life that occur as he is thrust into poverty and reality.
$7.50
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Ra'it fi ma Ira al naa'm (1982) رأيت فيما يرى النائم
Ra'it fi ma Ira al naa'm (1982)     رأيت فيما يرى النائمSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9758
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: I Saw Sleeping In the View - a collection of short stories by Naguib Mahfouz.
$8.00
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Radobis (1943) رادوبيس - Out Of Stock
Radobis  (1943) رادوبيس - Out Of StockSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9770
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Historical Novel
Abstract: Rhadopis of Nubia - Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz mines the riches of his homeland’s ancient past in Rhadopis of Nubia, an unforgettable love story set against the high politics of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty.
$13.00
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Rihlat Ibn Fattouma (1983) رحلة ابن فطومة
Rihlat Ibn Fattouma (1983) رحلة ابن فطومةSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9767
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The Journey of Ibn Fattouma, a novel told as a parable by Naguib Mahfouz. Ibn Fattouma is encouraged to travel to gain wisdom. This is the story of him going to countries with very different societies. The parable mocks the hypocrisy of nations that wage war and maintain empire in the name of brotherhood and freedom.
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Sada al Nisayan (1999) صدى النسيان
Sada al Nisayan (1999) صدى النسيانSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9766
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: The Echo of Oblivion - short stories from Nagib Mahfouz
$7.50
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Shahar al A'sal (1971) شهر العسل
Shahar al A'sal (1971) شهر العسلSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9775
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: The Honeymoon - Short Stories by Naguib Mahfouz
$13.00
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The Crime (1973) الجريمة
The Crime (1973) الجريمةSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9774
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Short Stories
Abstract: The Crime - Short Stories by Nabuib Mahfouz.
$8.00
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Zuqaq al Midaqq (1947) زقاق المدق Out of Stock
Zuqaq al Midaqq (1947) زقاق المدق Out of StockSoftcover ~ Arabic ~ Product Code: 9757
By: Naguib Mahfouz
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Considered by many to be Mahfouz's best novel, Midaq Alley centers around the residents of one of the hustling, teeming back alleys of Cairo.
$16.00
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