Maha Shahba’s New Book Explores Place and Humanity in Naguib Mahfouz’s Fiction

Nahdet Misr Publishing has released a new book by Maha Shahba examining the relationship between place and people in the literary world of Naguib Mahfouz.

Titled “The Threshold of the City: Naguib Mahfouz and World Writers,” the book approaches Mahfouz’s work through the spaces he depicts and their connection to human experience.

Shahba places this reading within a comparative literary framework, bringing Mahfouz’s fiction into conversation with the work of prominent writers from around the world.

The comparisons offer fresh avenues for reflecting on Mahfouz and his international counterparts, with the relationship between people and place serving as the book’s central lens.