Has Egypt's Nobel laureate lost his appeal among country's youth? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

David Awad

David Awad

Apr 24, 2018

Egypt's Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Naguib Mahfouz (L) talks with Salwa al-Aanani, the author of his latest biography, after receiving the book a day before his 90th birthday in his home in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 10, 2001. — REUTERS

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