This Website, maintained by lecturer Peter Murray (at the School of Health & Social Welfare, The Open University, U.K.), provides the viewer with a good biography of the Nobel prize winning laureate, along with good links. A starting point to familiarize yourself with the author.

Nobel Foundation: E-museum: Naguib Mahfouz
http://nobel.sdsc.edu/literature/laureates/1988/mahfouz-bio.html

Click here to view the Nobel Foundation's excellent resource page on Mahfouz, the winner of the Nobel prize for Literature in 1988. At this site you'll also find a short biography, a link to his Nobel lecture, and other important links. An important resource for those who wish to begin their research of the writer.

Books at Random: Naguib Mahfouz
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~orie0704/mahfouz/

At this page, run by Random House Books, you'll find an intriguing biography of the famous author, which discusses his political ties, his views as a writer, and a brief commentary about his novels. Also included is a list of his titles available in English, and a few select links to other Websites about the author.

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive: Naguib Mahfouz
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/literature/1988a.html

, This site includes a book review, Nobel News Links regarding Mahfouz, and several other "Added Links," and is a valuable resource if you are pursuing advanced research into the life and works of the Nobel laureate.

BIOGRAPHY
Naguib Mahfouz (b. 1911) was born in Gamaliya, Cairo. He graduated from Cairo University with a degree in philosophy in 1934. While Mahfouz worked on his first novel he held jobs as a journalist and civil servant. He published his first novel, Hams al-junun in 1939, and with his second and third novels, Radubis (1943) and Kifah Tibah (1944), Mahfouz planned a 30 novel project that would encompass all of Egyptian history. With his fourth novel, Khan al-kahlili (1945), he shifted his focus to the present. Mahfouz spent much of the 1950s working on his classic "Cairo Trilogy" which consisted of Palace Walk (1956), Palace of Desire (1957), and Sugar Street (1957). Similar to his earlier novels, the Cairo Trilogy depicts the lives of three generations living in Egypt from World War I to 1950. After the revolution in 1952, Mahfouz became disillusioned with the new government and did not write for seven years. He returned to the world of literature with The Children of Gebelawi (1959), which portrayed three Egyptians living the lives of Cain and Abel, Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed. The book was banned throughout the Arab world, but the controversy did not affect Mahfouz's popularity. He continued to publish experimental writing and attacking the concept of religion in the Middle East. He has published nearly 40 novels along with 14 short story collections, and is widely regarded as Egypt's finest writer. In 1988 he became the first Arabic writer to be awarded the Nobel prize in Literature.