Quote of the day
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.
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)