Illustration of the Arabic-speaking world's finest novelist, Egyptian Nobel Laureate, Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006.) Born in Cairo, the son of a civil servant, Naguib's childhood was marked by his parent's strict Islamic observance and the revolution against British rule in 1919. Mahfouz would follow his father into government service, where he would hold numerous posts while enjoying a storied career as his nation's most popular writer. He turned from his early efforts in writing historical novels to pen his most celebrated works, The Cairo Trilogy, and continued to write many more centering on working-class Egyptians and political life in his country. For his unsympathetic representation of Islamic fundamentalists, he survived an assassination attempt in 1994, the resulting damage limited his writing abilities for the remainder of his life. Museum-quality posters made on thick and durable matte paper. • Paper thickness: 10.3 mil • Paper weight: 5.57 oz/y² (189 g/m²) • Giclée printing quality • Opacity: 94% • ISO brightness: 104%