{"product_id":"essays-of-his-later-years-the-non-fiction-of-naguib-mahfouz-volume-iv-paperback","title":"Essays of His Later Years: The Non-Fiction of Naguib Mahfouz: Volume IV - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNaguib Mahfouz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRasheed El-Enany\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eR. Neil Hewison\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA firsthand account of the history of the political and cultural issues of the Mubarak era by Naguib Mahfouz, the greatest writer of the time, offering insight into his political beliefs that are often opaque in his fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough he had largely stopped writing fiction by the end of the 1980s, Naguib Mahfouz continued to pen essays for al-Ahram newspaper, offering letters of advice and reflection to his beloved Egyptian public. His steady outpouring was not to be stopped until his attempted assassination in 1994, when a young man, in the grip of religious extremism, stabbed the author in the neck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the years approaching the attack, Mahfouz wrote with empathy and forgiveness for those who turn in desperation to terrorism. These remarkably prescient essays display a mature and measured reaction to the increasingly violent world Mahfouz perceived around him. With their unwavering commitment to tolerance, democracy, and hope in dark times, his essays feel as pertinent today as they were thirty years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssays of His Later Years\u003c\/i\u003e is the last of four volumes in which Mahfouz's non-fiction is translated into English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaguib Mahfouz\u003c\/b\u003e (1911-2006) was the greatest Arab writer of the twentieth century. Born in the old Islamic Quarter of Cairo in 1911, he began writing when he was seventeen before entering university to study as a student of philosophy in 1930. He is the author of over thirty novels. In 1988, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. \u003cb\u003eR. Neil Hewison \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eFayoum Pottery: Ceramic Arts and Crafts in an Egyptian Oasis \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fayoum: History and Guide. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has translated several other works by Yusuf Idris, Yusuf Abu Rayya, and Gamal al-Ghitani.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 436\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.51 x 8.51 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48821713305849,"sku":"9781914983443","price":30.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/U4pnLAygKQ9781914983443.webp?v=1786786602","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/essays-of-his-later-years-the-non-fiction-of-naguib-mahfouz-volume-iv-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}