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- Birth nameNaguib Mahfouz Abdulaziz Ibrahim Ahmad Al Basha
- Naguib Mahfouz was born on December 11, 1911 in Cairo, Egypt. He was a writer, known for El-Fetiwwah (1957), The Monster (1954) and Chased by the Dogs (1962). He was married to Atiyyatallah Ibrahim. He died on August 30, 2006 in Cairo, Egypt.
- SpouseAtiyyatallah Ibrahim(1954 - August 30, 2006) (his death, 2 children)
- ChildrenUmm Kalthoum Naguib MahfouzFatima Naguib Mahfouz
- Was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988.
- He is best known for his Cairo Trilogy, which describes life in the more than 1,000-year-old Islamic quarter of the Egyptian capital where he was born.
- 19 July 2006: hospitalized in intensive care after falling and injuring his head.
- He survived an assassination attempt in 1994 when he was stabbed in the neck. The attack left him with impaired eyesight and reduced mobility in his writing hand.
- Survived by his wife, Attiyatullah, and two daughters, Fatima and Umm Kulthoum.
- "I wrote 'The Seventh Heaven' because I want to believe something good will happen to me after death. Spirituality, for me, is of high importance and continuously provides inspiration for me." - Associated Press interview on his 94th birthday.
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