Ihsan Abdel Quddous left “sixty books,” six hundred short stories, and thousands of other articles to Egyptian literature. Naguib Mahfouz left thirty novels. Both of them adopted the realist doctrine in literature and politics. Both of them began in the monarchy period and continued in the republican period. Mahfouz delved into ancient Egypt, its alleys, … Continue reading Comparing the Literary Legacies of Ihsan Abdel Quddous and Naguib Mahfouz: Translation, Recognition, and Political Influence