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Yes, Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo and lived there for the duration of his life.
Naguib Mahfouz, Abdus Salam,Anwar El-sadat,Yasser Arafat , mohamed elbaradei,Ahmed Zewail, Shirin Ebadi
Egyptian prize winners so far: - President Mohammad Anwar Al Sadat (Peace) - Naguib Mahfouz, a novelist (Literature) - Ahmed Zewail, a scientist (Chemistry) - Mohammad Al Baradie (Peace)
In Modern Egypt there are many famous Egyptians in different fields: * Ahmed Zewail (Nobel prize winner in chemistry) * Naguib Mahfouz (Nobel prize winner in literature) * President Muhammad Anwar Al Sadat (Nobel Peace Prize winner) * Karam Gaber (Olympic gold medalist wrestler, 2004) * Muhammad Al Fayed (owner of Harrods, i.e. a famous big department store in London) * Khedr El Touni (Olympic gold medalist weightlifter, 1936) * Amr Shabana and Karim Darwish (Squash world champions)
Herta Müller is Nobel prize winner in English literature 2009.. by sheeraz
Anthony Winner has written: 'Characters in the twilight' -- subject(s): Characters and characteristics in literature, Fiction, History and criticism, Uncertainty in literature
Septimus Winner has written: 'Our Jenny' -- subject(s): Farm life, Juvenile literature
Mario Vargas Llosa
Gerry Gogna
Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, who won it for Literature.