Mahfouz

[ mah-fooz ]

/ mɑˈfuz /

noun

Na·guib [nah-geeb] /nɑˈgib/,1911–2006, Egyptian author: Nobel prize 1988.

Example sentences from the Web for mahfouz

“Mahfouz was relaying the oppression of Amina and her daughters as it existed,” she has said.

Cairo, Revisited: How Naguib Mahfouz Predicted the Future of Egypt |Joel Whitney |July 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Mahfouz describes the first days of postrevolutionary Cairo as having a tenuous calm.

Cairo, Revisited: How Naguib Mahfouz Predicted the Future of Egypt |Joel Whitney |July 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
You can be sure,” says Mahfouz, “that the Ministry of Interior takes its orders from the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces.

Corrupt and Brutal, Egypt’s Police Fight for Their Survival |Ursula Lindsey |November 22, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
They are badly paid, badly trained, and threatened with early retirement or a court-martial if they disobey orders, says Mahfouz.

Corrupt and Brutal, Egypt’s Police Fight for Their Survival |Ursula Lindsey |November 22, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

The Army and the police “were afraid that if people stayed in Tahrir there would be a second revolution,” says Mahfouz.

Corrupt and Brutal, Egypt’s Police Fight for Their Survival |Ursula Lindsey |November 22, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for mahfouz

Mahfouz

Mahfuz

/ (mɑːˈfuːz) /

noun

Naguib (nɑːˈɡiːb). 1911–2006, Egyptian novelist and writer, author of the trilogy of novels Bain al-Kasrain (1945–57). His novel Children of Gebelawi (1959) was banned by the Muslim authorities in Egypt Nobel prize for literature 1988

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Mahfuz

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