Naguib Mahfouz - The Passage of the Century

  • Nagib Mahfouz : Passage du siècle
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1999
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 49 (in minutes)

Naguib Mahfouz-the first and only Arab Nobel Laureate for Literature-discusses his life, his discovery of literature, Cairo, Islamic fundamentalism, women, and the future of civilization.

A Film by Francka Mouloudi


"[Mahfouz] is not only a Hugo and a Dickens, but also a Galsworthy, a Mann, a Zola and a Jules Romains." -Edward Said, London Review of Books

✮2002 African Literature Association Conference Film Festival

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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