Egypt
- Gamal Al-Ghitani
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) Nobel Prize for Literature (1988), famous for the Cairo Trilogy about life in the sprawling inner city.
- Alifa Rifaat
- Ahdaf Soueif
- Sonallah Ibrahim (born 1937)
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Famous quotes containing the word egypt:
“The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 26:8.
“There is no Champollion to decipher the Egypt of every man’s and every being’s face. Physiognomy, like every other human science, is but a passing fable.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)