Naguib Mahfouz [IG Storytime]
Guest Contributor: Helana Reyad
*Note that all Storytimers are, by definition, NOT experts on the topic the choose. The purpose of this Storytime is for the contributor to explore something new and to inspire curiosity in others to learn more.
Date: November 29, 2020
Subject of the Storytime Takeover: Helena does a brief deep dive into Naguib Mahfouz’s life. He was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. Mahfouz was regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature.
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