Midaq Alley — A Novel from Egypt, Naguib Mahfouz
I came to this novel, Midaq Alley, (1947) from the film, El Callejon del los Milagros, which was made from …
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El Callejon de los Milagros
El Callejon de los Milagros is a Mexican movie, with the marvelous Salma Hayek in the lead role, based on …
Adrift on the Nile — a Novel of Egypt by Naguib Mahfouz
I came to Naguib Mahfouz’s novel Adrift on the Nile after having seen the movie of the same name. As …
Adrift on The Nile – A Film from Egypt, Mahfouz
Adrift on the Nile is a 1971 film from Egypt, directed by Hussein Kamal, who has some 10 movies to his …
Wedding Song by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt
Wedding Song, by Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel Prize winning Egyptian author, was written in 1981 well into his writing life which …
The Thief and the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt
I wrote last week about an Egyptian novel, Stealth, by Sonallah Ibrahim, which while I liked I felt presented certain …
Stealth a Novel by Sonallah Ibrahim, Egypt
Ignorance of Arabic writing in the West might only be exceeded by ignorance of that of any particular nationality in …