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Naguib Mahfouz - The Passage of the Century

  • Nagib Mahfouz : Passage du siècle
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1999
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 49 (in minutes)

Naguib Mahfouz-the first and only Arab Nobel Laureate for Literature-discusses his life, his discovery of literature, Cairo, Islamic fundamentalism, women, and the future of civilization.

A Film by Francka Mouloudi


"[Mahfouz] is not only a Hugo and a Dickens, but also a Galsworthy, a Mann, a Zola and a Jules Romains." -Edward Said, London Review of Books

✮2002 African Literature Association Conference Film Festival

Articles

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Organizations

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Partners

  • Kenya : Arterial Network chapter
  • Kenya : Ketebul Music
  • Kenya : Studio Vista Network
  • Kenya : Kuona Trust
  • Kenya : The Theatre Company

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