'For the Love of Naguib Mahfouz' exhibition launches to celebrate his 16th passing anniversary

CAIRO – 31 August 2022: On August 30, Head of the Cultural Development Fund Sector Fathi Abdel Wahab and artist Fawzy Morsi inaugurated a caricature exhibition titled "For the Love of Naguib Mahfouz" at the Naguib Mahfouz Museum.

Fathi Abdel Wahab said that Naguib Mahfouz will continue to inspire creative artists and writers. Abdel Wahab added that the Fund Sector has prepared a program worthy of the sixteenth anniversary of Mahfouz’s passing.

It is noteworthy that the exhibition highlights the unique personality of Naguib Mahfouz and showcases 40 portraits of the Nobel winner created by 38 artists from different countries of the world, including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Cuba, South Africa, Kenya, China, Japan, Brazil, Russia and Spain, in addition to the works of a number of Egyptian artists.

The exhibition will run until September 10.