After the Nobel Prize 1989-1994

Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) was the most important Arabic writer of his generation. He is the author of over thirty novels, including The Cairo Trilogy, Thief and the Dog, Miramar, and Children of the Alley. He is the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. R. Neil Hewison was born and educated in England, and he spent three years with Voluntary Service Overseas teaching English in Fayoum, Egypt, followed by four years teaching English at an International House school in Cairo. He joined the American University in Cairo Press in 1986, where he served as associate director for editorial programs from 2004 until his retirement in 2017. He is the author of The Fayoum: History and Guide and the translator of two Arabic novels, City of Love and Ashes by Yusuf Idris and Wedding Night by Yusuf Abu Rayya. He lives in Fayoum and Cairo.

• Introduction by Rasheed El-EnanyTranslator’s Note by R. Neil HewisonTowards a Society Not based on Violencea Long-Term TreasureWork is a Sacred TrustThis DemocracyTowards a better WorldReason in Everyday LifeA Squall from the World of DarknessTowards integration and CivilisationCultural unityOn ProductionFameWar and PeaceA Call to Self-DefenceA Revolution in EducationThe Sporting SpiritBetween Defence and ReformFacing up to ProblemsScience and the CaveThe anxieties of YouthPreaching in the Modern ageBuilders and DestroyersThe Meaning of StabilityA house of WisdomA Quiet Word Between BrothersTowards a Better Scientific LifeWork is LifeThe aims and the Reality of the July RevolutionTo have a Civilised LifeThe Prize for InnovationNo Escape from the InescapableSaad Zaghloul and the Return of the SpiritFor Democracy, Ever and alwaysThe WorkersCrime in the MediaIllegitimate LegitimacyArt and HistoryThe Sixth of OctoberOn the intellectual PathArt and FreedomYour HealthThe People’s AssemblyNobel 1989Leave Hopelessness Behind and Get on with itStorm in the Arab TeacupA Complaint to the DiscerningThe Scheduling of ProblemsTowards a Global WorldGifts to CelebrateOur Hopes for the New YearTerrorism and Cleansing the Country of CorruptionExamples of the AgeThe government’s PathA Disease Called DictatorshipAn Essential PlanDiagnosis and TreatmentA Call to Those Who Care about the Political CentreA National ProjectDescription de l’ÉgypteNational UnityOn CultureIn Defence of Serious CultureThe Arab World Facing the TimesThe LifelineA Call to Self-interestSectarianism, Real and TransientLooking AgainThe Summit of HopesA Call to hopeOur True WealthA New EraA Call to the CrookedDriving out the SpectresElectionsDeveloping the Achievements of the 1952 RevolutionThe Electoral SystemA Return to LoyaltyElectoral MemoriesInspired by RealityThe Crime and the MissionArab HopesThe Arab RoadThe Passing of the ProfessorThe War of human ShieldsWarWar and PeaceHard LessonsWho is the Culprit?The Security ForcesThe Line Between Peace and WarA Desirable Step to PeaceThe Struggle of Good and EvilComparing the Two SolutionsA Call to the greater CauseA Journey into the FutureDreaming for an HourContemplating a VisionFrom the Negative to the PositiveOn the Latest ElectionsThe IndependentsA President for All SeasonsThe Birth of a New WorldEgypt’s BattleA Day Unlike OthersThe IntellectualsLate-Night ConfessionsInterests and IdealsKnow ThyselfThe Hero of the StallsThe Gate of HopeThe Wailing Wall of the ArabsThe Tragedy, Real and ImaginedThe TragedyThe Battle for PeaceReturning HomeTomorrow Is a New DayThe Highest AimPessimism and OptimismLeadership SuicideExamining MemoriesThe Bush InitiativeThe PartiesTowards a New VisionIn Defence of Liberty and DignityA Picture of the ArabsThe Reality and the DreamComing of AgeThe Late Muhammad ‘Abd al-WahabChanging PositionsExcitement and WorthReading for AllClarityEgypt the Safeguarded‘When One Is Tested…’The July Revolution and 1991An End to the NightmareTowards a Modern EducationFarewell Yusuf IdrisBetween Love and Hate23 August 219 GorbachevA Return to Cultural InvasionThe Sacred Trust of DemocracyThe Model of the AgeThe Russian PeopleProgress, Power, and LibertyIn Search of Lost TimeHonouring Those Worthy of Being HonouredA Period of TransitionThe Greater NationThe Inescapable BattleWhat the Years Promise UsLife without DuressThe Guide in the DarknessThe Other Side of the PictureThe Devotees of ZionismThe Right Way of LifeBalanceAlgeria’s ExperienceThe Importance of PeaceThe LifeboatThe Right and the LeftThe Road of JusticeHow to Preserve Our IdentityThieves and ThievesTalking about DisastersA Sacred StruggleSmog in the Cultural AirReligious and Secular DebatesTowards a Better SystemViolenceWe Share Your SorrowsWestern CivilisationThe Arab RoadProtectionPlaying with FireA New Birth in the Embrace of DemocracyThe Hoped-for ChangeA Valuable Youth ExperimentThe Coming CitizenEconomic ReformTo the ScholarsA Difficult Birtha DreamBelow the Poverty LineA Salute to Those Who bring happinessOn the Freedom of ThoughtTomorrow is another DayThe Dream Needs WorkThe July Revolution and the Golden AgeSurvival or Extinction?Opening the Blocked RoadA Just FreedomThe Wafd SchoolDays of Steadfast National UnityThe National UniversitySporting Success: The Reality and the DreamThe Past and the Present in a Changing WorldCultural ConcernsDaydreamsMood and Violencea blessed MovementCultural independenceBetween War and CivilisationThe StruggleThe Whole StoryThe Other Side of the CoinA Threat Response CentreTourism, Religion and PoliticsYahya HakkiHow are We to Confront Terrorism?The Path of LifeA New YearWar and International LegitimacyEgypt and SudanStrength in the Service of PrinciplesWe Want a Pure awakeningThe arabs in the World of TomorrowA Return to the New WorldThe Role of the intellectualsSuggesting a New LoyaltyA Thorough ReviewA New VisionThe Price of PeaceA Certificate of Good BehaviourThe audience and the PlayRole ModelsCrime in the Age of innocenceLet us Make the New WorldWhen Will We Truly End Terrorism?What is Proper and What is NotWhen We Resolve to Build the FutureThe Map of Those Who StriveKindly RequestedTowards a New LifeThe Universality of Arabic LiteratureThe Sun Will Rise TomorrowThe New RealityFreedom and JusticeRespectThe Principal EnemyPrioritiesThe Flood Once MoreFrom Self-Sacrifice to ReasonOn CultureCatastrophes on the ScalesA Hymn to the New YearThe Letters and the MinistersSorrow and AngerThought, Creativity and FreedomThe World at Your FingertipsIdentityComprehensive PeaceThe Required MissionA Dialogue with ViolenceA Dialogue with CorruptionThe Voice of ProgressDo Not Lose HopeThe Chart of CultureThe Reader and the WriterA Conspiracy Against IslamIn the PressA Difficult Birth!MoralsEssential QualitiesThe Near futureSecrets of LifeLove of the HomelandThe Noble ThiefThe future of the NationAn old Comic SongTerrorism and its KinThe Demands of the Young GenerationThe Work EthicThe Message and the PreachersThe Working SpiritFear of FreedomBetween Freedom of Thought and Freedom of ExpressionTomorrow is another Day 428 The Sovereignty of the LawThe People’s DreamThe Patriotic Valueuniversal DefenceGood Morning to the WorldFrom Enlightenment to Comprehensive ReformPathological Tensions