Naguib Mahfouz, many other novels are consistently published in Al-Ahram newspaper. This book was banned in Egypt, because of religious criticism. As a result, the book could not be published in Egypt. The novel was first published in 1967, from Lebanon. Philip Stewart translated the novel from Arabic to English in 1981.
Naguib Mahfouz received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988. Due writing of the novel 'Children of Gebelawi', religious leader Omar Abdel-Rahman condemned Naguib Mahfuz in 1989. Naguib was attacked by two fundamentalists in front of his house in Cairo, Egypt, in 1994. The fundamentalists wounded him. If he survived, he had to face physical pain due to the attack.
Story of Children of Gebelawi
The conflict between faith and causality enhances the author. The relationship between the sons of Gabalawi, the succession and the enemies, has been highlighted in the novel. Gabalawi is also a wealthy and powerful person, who builds mountains of wealth through evil ways.
He always likes to decide and authority over his people and his five sons. Among the five sons, the youngest son, Aadham, is responsible for managing assets. The latter property was deceived by the older brother and wife. But Gabellee's authority remains on everything else.
About Naguib Mahfouz
On 11 December 1911, Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo, Egypt. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Those who started writing in Arabic literature existed, Naguib was the foremost among them. In the writings of the seven decades-long, Naguib Mahfouz wrote 34 novels, three hundred short stories, a dozen films, and five plays. His novels have been translated into different languages of the world.
Naguib Mahfouz studied Philosophy at Cairo University. In 1934, after completing his university studies, he joined the Egyptian Civil Service. Until his retirement in 1971, he took important responsibilities in various ministries of the Egyptian government.
One of the most famous works of Naguib Mahfouz 'The Cairo Trilogy' Three novels together in ''The Palace Walk'' (1956), The Palace of Desire(1957) and Sugar Street (1957) are called together in Cairo Trilogy. In the trilogy, he described three generations of stories from different families of Cairo. From the First World War to the year of 1952, three novels were written during the military ascendancy in Cairo. King Farooq of Egypt was ousted by a military ascendancy in 1952.
Naguib Mahfouz did not marry until he was 43 years old. He feared that his concentration of writing would be harmed if he got married. Regarding this fear, Naguib Mahfuz said, “I was very scared of getting married. Especially when I saw my siblings were busy they were not able to spend time on different social events. To go to the dawn, invite it again and again to feed. My idea of married life is that it will ruin my all time. You must attend different social events, there is no freedom.”
However, in 1954, Naguib Mahfouz married an Alexandria woman name, Ayatullah Ibrahim. They have two daughters. But there was always a very intimate nature of his personal life.
Naguib Mahfouz received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988. He is the only Arab citizen to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
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