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Author:   Naguib Mahfouz ,  Russell Harris
Publisher:   GINGKO
Imprint:   Gingko Library
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.796kg
ISBN:  

9781909942110

ISBN 10:   1909942111
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   28 February 2020
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Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction by Rasheed El-Enany xv Substandard Food in an Age of Discipline 1 Defamation of the Country 3 Indifference and Education 5 The Forbidden Opposition 6 Behaviour Appropriate for Our Lives 8 The Democracy of Labour 9 The Debt Fund 10 Lessons from Deceased Leaders 11 How Should We Deal with Deviation? 13 The People of the Cave Wake Up 14 A Small Nation in a World of Giants 16 The Task of the Centre 17 Withdrawal Celebrations 18 After the Withdrawal 20 The Army of War and Peace 21 On the Issue of Change 22 On the Egypt of Tomorrow Conference 23 When Will Change Begin? 24 Political Activity as the Harbinger of Good 25 The Return of Administrative Control 27 Opposition Newspapers 28 The Bitter Truth 29 Towards a New Five-Year Plan 30 An Ongoing Period of Trial... and a New Dawn 31 The July Revolution 33 Ramadan - Should It Be Serious or Fun? 35 Who Are We? 36 Ten People Who Have Not Received any Good News 37 The Youth Also Have a Literary Problem 38 The Role of Culture in Our Rebirth 40 The Egyptian Path and the Age of Productivity 42 The Egyptian Way... and National Mobilisation? 43 The Arab Way 45 How Can We Confront Life? 47 The Value of an Individual and Civilisation 49 Democracy and the Ethics of Leadership 50 Indifference... and Performance 51 Indifference... and the Army 52 Social Justice 53 The Real Criminal 54 Your Voting Slip 55 The Giza Drain Told Me... 56 The Other Side of the Moon 58 Signs of a New Age 60 Good Tidings 61 Studies of the National Councils 62 Welcoming the New Masses 63 Making Donations to Pay Off Our Debts 65 What a Neutral Ministry Cannot Do 67 When Will We Learn the Value of Time? 68 A Relative, Not an Absolute, Majority 70 What Does Israel Mean? 71 The Message of the Conference 73 A Return to the Discussion of Debts 75 A Stand on Corruption 77 The Lesson of Oil 79 In What State Has the Festival Returned? 80 On the Opposition 82 Wielding Some Legal Clout 84 About a Higher Aim 85 The Desired Wisdom 86 The Minister and the Opposition 88 The Privilege Disease 89 Signs of the Value of the Individual 90 5 June 92 A New Year of Development 94 Our Scientific Expertise and Development 95 The July Revolution 97 We Are Not Unaware of Our Faults... But! 99 More Cars 100 The Unreasonable War 101 Conflict and Civilisation 102 The Benchmark of Civilisation 103 The Ministry of Wealth 104 Looking for the Missing Money 105 Censorship 106 A New Censorship Law 107 Thought and Freedom 109 6 October 110 The Police in the Service of Democracy 111 Television and the Cinema 112 The Etiquette and Conventions of Catastrophes 113 On the Emergency Law 114 What Does Experience Tell Us? 116 Arab Considerations 117 The Minister of Culture said... 118 The Hope That Remains 120 A Golden Age of Culture 122 The Crisis of Literature 123 The State Media and Culture 124 Martyrs of the Pen 125 The Crisis of Thought 126 Between the Cause and the Aim 127 A Campaign Guide for the Citizen 129 In Defence of the Five-Year Plan and the General Public 131 For an Honest Battle 132 Catastrophes and Us! 133 Towering Intellects 136 A Multi-Party System 138 The Trust of the People 139 On the Generation Argument 140 A Serious Campaign in a Serious Period 141 The Cause of Art 142 A Renewal of Interest 145 The Election Campaign and the Revolution 146 The Parliament We Are Waiting For 147 A New Age 148 A Word to Our Youth 150 A Word to the Wafd Party 152 A Small Nation Among Giants 154 The Party Platforms and Our Youth 156 Look in Anger at Reality 157 Between Culture and Development 158 In Defence of Higher Values 161 The July Revolution 163 The Return of the Giants 165 Those without a Sense of Belonging 166 Democratic Demands 167 The State Radio, Television and Culture 168 23 August 171 The First Aim 173 The Minister of the Interior Begins the Battle 174 We Have the Power 175 The Media and the New Class 177 6 October 179 6 October 181 Our Lives 182 A Good Start 184 Support for a Society of Freedom and Justice 185 What a Political Party Means 186 Decisive Years 187 '13 November' 188 The National Democratic Party and Culture 190 The Ministry and the Festival 192 The Majority Party 193 Party and Development 194 Back to the Electoral Law 196 Culture between Criticism and Anger 197 Mass Suicide 199 The High Dam and the Necessary Conference 200 The Nile and the Law 201 The Day of the Police 202 A Book Display in Every Home 204 Execution and Life Imprisonment 205 The Case of Dr Ahmed 207 The Master of the Cause 208 Civilisation and the Holes in the Road 209 An Era of Rationalism 211 Art and Censorship 213 Crime between Punishment and Cure 219 The Third Way 221 A Frenzied Crime 223 A Return to Language 225 Blossoms on the Path of Patience 229 Our Real Wealth 230 The Long-Lasting Case 231 A Day of Wisdom 234 The Peace Track 236 A Wonderful Movement 238 Independence in Jungle Life 239 The Spectator's Confusion 241 The Missing Constitution 242 A Revolution and a Lesson 245 Rationalising Rationalisation 246 An Abstruse Problem 247 The Battle of Freedom and Civilisation 249 Literature and Politics 250 The Opposition between Tradition and Renewal 253 Between Awakening and Deviation 255 23 August 256 The Necessity of Culture 257 The Unretouched Picture 258 A Cure for All Eras 259 The Role of the State 260 A Five-Year Plan Which Never Stops 261 Can the Reward for Murder Be Anything Other Than Death? 262 Towards a New Citizen 264 Parliament and the Media 265 Between Two Eras 267 The Coming Years of Hard Work 268 Confrontation without Hesitation 269 A Discussion about the Future 270 No Love from One Party 272 Between Reality and Dream 274 Arab Nationalism between Reality and Dream 276 Towards a New Arab Unity 278 The Truth about Suleiman Khater 279 Democracy between the Opposition and the Government 281 The Opposition's Message 283 The Direction of Democracy 284 Crisis... Strengthen and Be Gone! 285 A Violent Battle 287 The Five Commandments 289 Stability, Development and Humankind 291 A Soap Opera of Suffering, Sabotage and Arson 293 Who Engineered the Events of 25 February? 295 Ever in the Service of the People 297 Directness between the Government and the Opposition 298 Facing the Facts 300 Development and Social Peace 302 May Day 304 Religious Education 306 The Most Beautiful of Times 308 On the Question of Ethics 309 5 June 311 Values Fit for All Times and Places 312 On the Question of Change 314 Why Subsidies... and Why Education? 316 Towards an Ethical Plan 317 The Present between Anger and Perfection 319 The Occasion of the 23 July 1952 Revolution 321 We Are Not a Nation without an Aim 323 The Role of the People 325 Towards the Other Shore 327 Democracy Is Wonderful Despite Its Errors 328 In Commemoration of the 1919 Revolution 330 Good Government 332 Our True Wealth 333 The National Democratic Party and Our Youth 335 Opinion, Experience and Consultation 337 One Crisis Should Suffice! 339 6 October 341 A Day of the People 343 The Responsibility of the Majority 344 The State and Culture 346 Medicine for More than One Disease 348 Africa and Internationalism 349 A New Government 351 Welcome to Parliament 353 The Opposition 355 Exam Month 357 What We Should Remember 358 A Conversation in English 360 Science in Language Schools 361 On the Electoral Law 362 Towards a New Ethics and New Traditions 364 A New World 365 The Islamic Conference 367 Another Path to Glory 369 It Is People Who Make Civilisation 371 A New Era 373 Electoral Fraud 375 The Festival 377 The Constitutionality of the New Parliament 379 A Word to the Confused 381 What Will Tomorrow Tell Us? 383 The Hidden Disease 385 The New Parliament 386 Public Holiday and Remembrance 388 The Human Resources Conference 390 The People and the Battle 391 The Flood and the Ark 393 The Dark Side of the Moon 395 Hidden Evil 396 Democracy and the Battle 398 The Greatest Problem 399 Disease Spreads to the Core 400 Towards a New Future 401 Terrorism and Stability 402 A Wise and Just Decision 403 A New Five-Year Plan 404 The Revolution of 23 July 406 Between Suicide and Famine 408 The Meaning of Stability 409 The Sun Will Rise Again 410 In Commemoration of the 1919 Revolution - Again 411 Unifying the Two Sectors 413 Cultural Hopes 415 Terrorism 416 Yes 418 6 October and the Best of Memories 420 And Nothing Is Being Said about Culture 421 Axioms of the Revolution 422 MPs' Opinions and Their Wishes 423 The Desired Awareness 424 Anticipated Hopes 426 Author, Thinker, Fighter 428 Democracy Is a National Programme 430 The Fight 431 The Modern Age 432 Unity Is Our Cornerstone 433 The Rule of Law 435 A War on Two Fronts 436 The Era of Truth and Reality 437 Society and the Youth 438 A New Year 439 Thoughts on the Smuggled Billions 441 The Blood of the Revolutionaries 442 On Productivity 444 The Age of Science and Scientists 446 The Map of Our Youth 447 The Concerns of Today and Tomorrow 449 Political Reform 451 War 452 Identity and Aim 453 Culture and the State 454 Towards National Solidarity 456 The Long-Awaited Mahdi 457 The Confessional 459 Political AI DS 460 The Road to Peace 462 On Religious Education 463 The Key to Reform 464 Praying for Rain 466 Between the Ebb and Flow 467 A Naive Question 468 Religion in the Modern Age 469 Between the Sacred and the Profane 470 Between Extinction and Survival 472 Egypt's Role 473 The Man of the Hour 474 The Revolution of 23 July - Again 475 A Call to Life 476 Remembering the Dead 477 The Trust Borne by People 478 Behaviour in Hard Times 480 Forgotten Honours 481 How Do We Face the Enemy? 482 Between Confrontation and Flight 483 The Explosion 484 Dream and Reality 485 The Day of Victory and Peace 486 A Word Amid All the Hubbub 488 Respectable but Criminal 490 Climbing Out of the Animal's Jaws 491 Culture and Life 492

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It is only with the publication of . . . Mahfouz's non-fiction writing that there is a body of journalism and essays through which to trace Mahfouz's intellectual journey. --Financial Times

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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; Russell Harris is an established translator of literary works from French and Arabic; Rasheed El-Enany is Professor Emeritus of Modern Arabic Literature, University of Exeter.

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