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Trevor Le Gassick

Trevor Le Gassick is professor of Arabic Literature at the University of Michigan. Among his books are Major Themes in Modern Arabic Thought (University of Michigan Press, 1989), (as editor) Critical Perspectives on Naguib Mahfouz (Lynne Reiner, 1991), and several translations of Arabic literature, including Naguib Mahfouz's work.

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Naguib Mahfouz: a farewell tribute

The great Cairo novelist illuminated a century's changes in Egypt and other Arab lands. His loss is also the world's, says Trevor Le Gassick.