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Einst glänzte die Midaq-Gasse wie ein Stern in der Geschichte des mächtigen Kairo. Inzwischen sind die Arabesken am berühmten Kirscha-Kaffeehaus bröcklig und morsch geworden. Onkel Kamil, der Bonbonverkäufer, der alte Dichter, den keiner mehr hören will, seit es das Radio gibt, der stolze Chef der Handelsfirma, ja sogar der düstere Zita, der aus Menschen Krüppel macht, damit sie besser betteln können - sie alle spüren die neue Zeit, deren Rhythmus die Stadt erobert. Jeder sucht seinen eigenen Weg in die Zukunft. Umm Hamida, Chronistin aller Nachrichten und wandelndes Lexikon aller Missetaten, hat täglich mehr zu erzählen über die Geheimnisse dieser Gasse, denn eine Welt ist in Unordnung geraten. In diesem Roman wird eine Altstadtgasse von Kairo zum Mikrokosmos einer Welt im Umbruch.

In these essays Mahfouz comments on Egyptian politics, the role of Parliament and the institutional changes that took place in Egypt after Honsi Mubarak became President in 1981.

Mahfouz's last novel, an evocative depiction of life in Egypt in the twentieth century as told through the lives of a group of friends, is now available in paperback for the first time On a school playground in the stylish Cairo suburb of Abbasiya, five young boys become friends for life, making a nearby café, Qushtumur, their favorite gathering spot forever. One is the narrator, who, looking back in his old age on their seven decades together, makes the other four the heroes of his tale, a Proustian, and classically Mahfouzian, quest in search of lost time and the memory of a much-changed place. In a seamless stream of personal triumphs and tragedies, their lives play out against the backdrop of two world wars, the 1952 Free Officers coup, the defeat of 1967 and the redemption of 1973, the assassination of a president, and the simmering uncertainties of the transitional 1980s. But as their nation grows and their neighborhood turns from the green, villa-studded paradise of their youth to a dense urban desert of looming towers, they still find refuge in the one enduring landmark in their ever-fading world: the humble coffeehouse called Qushtumur. The Coffeehouseis a powerful and timeless novel of loss and memory from one of Egypt's most celebrated literary masters.

Newly discovered collection of unpublished stories by key figure and Nobel Prize winner in literature, these fable-like stories carry Mahfouz's signature observations of the human character, taking the reader deep into the beating heart of Cairo

In this collection Mahfouz deals with diverse political topics such as socio- economic class, democracy and dictatorship, Islam and extremism.

Originally published in Arabic as oHawla l-Adab wa-l-Falsafa. Copyright A 2015 Dar Al Masriah Al Lubnaniah, Cairo.

Die Kairo-Trilogie: Das Hauptwerk des ägyptischen Nobel-Preisträgers.

With a writing career spanning some seventy years, Naguib Mahfouz is one of the most recognized writers in the world. His study of philosophy at what is now Cairo University greatly influenced his works, as did his wide readings and his work in the government and in the Cinema Organization. The Wisdom of Naguib Mahfouz, like the earlier Life's Wisdom, is a unique collection of quotations selected from the great author's works, offering philosophical insights on themes such as childhood, youth, love, marriage, war, freedom, death, the supernatural, the afterlife, the soul, immortality, and many other subjects that take us through life's journey.

Set in Cairo in the aftermath of the Six-Day War of 1967, this title introduces us to an assortment of characters who, each in his or her own way, comes face to face with the questions raised by human weakness and misfortune. It presents a struggle between 'old' and 'new' in the realm of moral values that leaves the future in doubt.