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  <name><![CDATA[Naguib Mahfouz]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature, commended for being an author &quot;who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind.&quot;

See also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3023884._&quot;&gt;نجيب محفوظ&lt;/a&gt;.
]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Proust, Kafka, Joyce]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Cairo</hometown>  <born_at>12/11/1911</born_at>  <died_at>08/30/2006</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Palace Walk (Cairo Trilogy, #1)]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
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  <published>1956</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Midaq Alley]]></title>
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  <published>1947</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk; Palace of Desire; Sugar Street]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Naguib Mahfouz]]></name>
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  <published>1993</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Children of the Alley: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Naguib Mahfouz]]></name>
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  <published>1981</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Palace of Desire (The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 2)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Naguib Mahfouz]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.14</average_rating>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 3)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Naguib Mahfouz]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Arabian Nights and Days]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Denys Johnson-Davies]]></name>
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  <published>1981</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Harafish]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Naguib Mahfouz]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.07</average_rating>
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  <published>1977</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Thief and the Dogs]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Naguib Mahfouz]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
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  <published>1961</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Miramar]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Naguib Mahfouz]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
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  <published>1967</published>  
  
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