Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Naguib Mahfouz across 5 places, from 1911 to 1934.
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Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Naguib Mahfouz was documented, and when
1911year
Old Cairoattested“Mahfouz was born in a lower middle-class Muslim Egyptian family in Old Cairo in 1911.”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
1924year
Abbassiaattested“(Experientially, he grew up an "only child".) The family lived in two popular districts of Cairo: first, in the Bayt al-Qadi neighborhood in the Gamaleya quarter in the old city, from where they moved in 1924 to Abbaseya, then a new Cair…”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
1930 to 1934period
Egyptian Universityattested“After completing his secondary education, Mahfouz was admitted in 1930 to the Egyptian University (now Cairo University), where he studied philosophy, graduating in 1934.”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
1934 to 1971period
Cairoattested“After receiving his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Cairo University in 1934, Mahfouz joined the Egyptian civil service, where he continued to work in various positions and ministries until retirement in 1971.”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
1934 to 1971period
Cairo Universityattested“After receiving his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Cairo University in 1934, Mahfouz joined the Egyptian civil service, where he continued to work in various positions and ministries until retirement in 1971.”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
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1938year
Cairomentioned“He served first as a clerk at Cairo University, then, in 1938, in the Ministry of Islamic Endowments (Awqaf) as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Islamic Endowments.”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
1938year
Cairo Universitymentioned“He served first as a clerk at Cairo University, then, in 1938, in the Ministry of Islamic Endowments (Awqaf) as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Islamic Endowments.”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
1938year
Ministry of Awqaf (Egypt)mentioned“He served first as a clerk at Cairo University, then, in 1938, in the Ministry of Islamic Endowments (Awqaf) as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Islamic Endowments.”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
1945year
Sultan Al-Ghuri Complexmentioned“In 1945, he requested a transfer to the al-Ghuri Mausoleum library, where he interviewed residents of his childhood neighborhood as part of the "Good Loans Project".”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
1952year
Cairomentioned“Possibly his most famous work, The Cairo Trilogy, depicts the lives of three generations of different families in Cairo from World War I until after the 1952 military coup that overthrew King Farouk.”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
1954year
Alexandriamentioned“No freedom." However, in 1954, he quietly married a Coptic Orthodox woman from Alexandria, Atiyyatallah Ibrahim, with whom he had two daughters, Fatima and Umm Kalthum.”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
2006year
Egyptmentioned“What have we done?'" The book was banned throughout the Arab world except in Lebanon until 2006 when it was first published in Egypt.”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
2006year
Lebanonmentioned“What have we done?'" The book was banned throughout the Arab world except in Lebanon until 2006 when it was first published in Egypt.”source: Wikipedia: Naguib Mahfouz
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