Naguib Mahfouz: The Nobel laureate who enriches the Egyptian cinema with 21 movies adaptations

Today is the death anniversary of the legendary late Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. 

Author of 34 novels, over 350 short stories, five plays and dozens of movie scripts, Mahfouz was by all means the most disciplined writer ever. 

He wrote for one hour daily throughout his 70-year career, smoked three cigarettes per day and walked by the Nile every morning. 

He met weekly with the new generation of writers, artists, and readers through an informal seminar, which is a habit he developed in the 1950’s.