Today, we remember a literary giant: Naguib Mahfouz. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Arab writer to be so honored. He once said, "If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last."

Read more about Naguib Mahfouz, from writers across the About network: Mark Flanagan, Anouk Zijlma, and Alistair Boddy-Evans. Also, take a look at a few books about Africa. He once said, "The real malady is fear of life, not of death." Join us in remembering Naguib Mahfouz. Take a look at a few more quotations...