Date of source: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The head of
the Egyptian Writers’
Union, Muhammad Salmāwī, revealed a surprise when he announced
that Najīb Mahfūz’s
banned novel ’Children of the Alley’ would be published
within weeks.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
This article says that
Najīb Mahfūz’s novel ‘Awlād Haritna,’ and Salman Rushdie’s ‘Satanic
Verses’ triggered an apostasization campaign throughout the Islamic world.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Growing fundamentalism has become terrorism and has targeted intellectual and political elite. The reasons for these developments and their consequences are mentioned in the following text.
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
Nassār ‘Abd Allāh refers to the new discoveries he has made after re-reading
Najīb
Mahfūz’s novel ‘Awlād Hāritnā.’
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
A review of Robert al-Faris’ review of Naguib Mahfouz’s previously banned novel, “Awlad Haretna” from a Christian perspective.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The Evangelical
Church in Misr al-Jadīda has planned to screen the movie, ‘The Da Vinci Code,’
and to follow the
screening with a panel discussing the contents of the book, upon which the movie was
based.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Tawfīq Hanna rereads Mahfouz’s
novel ‘Awlād
Hāritna [Children of the Alley] from America where he lives. This novel is a
protest against all forms
of oppression and injustice.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
A cassette tape which attacks Christians and writers is being sold on the streets.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2006
A recently held conference has discussed the idea of establishing an active secular movement in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, February 23, 2006
The head of Der Spiegel’s office in Cairo interviews the Egyptian Nobel laureate novelist Najīb Mahfouz, who gives his views on some controversial matters such as the Arab-West conflict and the freedom of expression.