Quote of the day
All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.
Naguib Mahfouz
Born: December 11, 1911
Died: August 30, 2006 (aged 94)
Bio: Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism.
Known for:
- Palace Walk (1956)
- Children of Gebelawi (1959)
- Midaq Alley (1947)
- Palace of Desire (1957)
- Sugar Street (1957)