The Cairo of Naguib Mahfouz

The Cairo of Naguib Mahfouz

Editorial Reviews Book Description For Naguib Mahfouz, Cairo has always been a place of special resonance, a city he loves passionately and has revisited in his writings. Photographer Britta Le Va, a longtime admirer of the novels of Mahfouz, guides us through his pages and treads his streets to produce a collection of visual images of the city. Each complements a verbal image selected from Mahfouzs writings. In his introduction, novelist Gamal al-Ghitani describes a walking tour with the novelist through the streets of Gamaliya, the heart of the old city where both of themmore than thirty years apartwere born and raised. Mahfouz reminisces and remarks on what has changed and what has not in eight decades About the Author Britta Le Va is a photographer based in New York.

Gamal al-Ghitani, an old friend of Mahfouz, is the author of a number of novels, including Zayni Barakat, regarded as a classic.

The Cairo of Naguib Mahfouz,Naguib Mahfouz,Gamal Al-Ghitani,Britta Le Va,Jamal Ghitani,Britta Le Va,American University in Cairo Press,9774245261,1911-,Cairo,Cairo (Egypt),Egypt,Homes and haunts,Mahfuz, Najib,,Maòhfåuòz, Najåib,,Middle East - Egypt,Pictorial works,Travel,Travel - Foreign,Mahfuz, Najib

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