Essays of the Sadat Era 1976-81: The Non-Fiction Writing of Naguib Mahfouz Trans. Aran Byrne , RusEssays of the Sadat Era 1976 81: The Non Fiction Writing of Naguib Mahfouz (Volume II): 2 Hardcover: 148 pages Publisher: University of Chicago Press; 1st edition (6 Jan. 2017) Language: English ISBN 13: 978 1909942806 Hardback When Mahfouz retired from his job as a civil servant in 1971 he took up an appointment as a member of the editorial staff at Egypt s Al Ahram newspaper. Many of his novels were serialised in Al Ahram; less well known, however,