Half A DayBy Naguib Mahfous
Half A Day By Naguib Mahfous
ContentsPart One:Warm-upWord studyPart Two:Part Three:Background InformationPart Four:Language StudyText AppreciationPart Five:Part Six:ExtensionPart Seven: Exercises
Contents • Part One: Warm-up Part Two: Word study • Part Three: Background Information Part Four: Language Study • Part Five: Text Appreciation Part Six: Extension • Part Seven: Exercises
NaguibMahfouswas bornin 1911in a suburbofCairoand was educated atthe Secular University inthecity.Mahfous is the firstArabic language authorawarded the Nobel Prize inliterature(1988)
Naguib Mahfous was born in 1911 in a suburb of Cairo and was educated at the Secular University in the city. Mahfous is the first Arabic language author awarded the Nobel Prize in literature (1988)
NaguibMahfouzimportant worksNaguib Mahfouz was the first Arab towintheNobel prizeforliteraturein1988.Hehasbeen describedasaDickens ofthe CairocafesandtheBalzacofEgypt"He is now the author ofno fewerthan30 novels,more than100 short storiesandmorethan200articles.Halfofhisnovelshave beenmade into films whichhave circulated throughout the Arabic-speaking world
Naguib Mahfouz —— important works Naguib Mahfouz was the first Arab to win the Nobel prize for literature, in 1988. He has been described as “a Dickens of the Cairo cafés” and “the Balzac of Egypt". He is now the author of no fewer than 30 novels, more than 100 short stories, and more than 200 articles. Half of his novels have been made into films which have circulated throughout the Arabicspeaking world
NaguibMahfouzimportant worksMahfouzbegan writing whenhe was17His first novel waspublished in 1939and tenmore were written beforetheHeisaloEgyptianRevolutionofJuly1952,whenhe stopped writing for several yearsHECAIHDOnenovel was republished in1953XELPLEhowever, and the appearance of TheTEAECairo Trilogy in 1957made him famousthroughout the Arab world as a depicterof traditional urban life
Naguib Mahfouz —— important works Mahfouz began writing when he was 17. His first novel was published in 1939 and ten more were written before the Egyptian Revolution of July 1952, when he stopped writing for several years. One novel was republished in 1953, however, and the appearance of The Cairo Trilogy in 1957 made him famous throughout the Arab world as a depicter of traditional urban life