''Thebes at War'' (''Kefah Teba''; ar, كفاح طيبة) is an early novel by the

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writer

Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha ( arz, نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...

.Author page at Complete Reviews
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in 1944. An

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translation by

Humphrey Davies Humphrey T. Davies (6 April 1947 – 12 November 2021) was a British translator of Arabic fiction, historical and classical texts. Born in Great Britain, he studied Arabic in college and graduate school. He has worked for decades in the Arab wor ...

appeared in 2003. The novel is one of several that Mahfouz wrote at the beginning of his career, with Pharaonic Egypt as their setting. Others in this series of novels include '' Khufu's Wisdom'' (1939) and ''

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'' (1943). All have been translated into English and appeared in one volume under the title '' Three Novels of Ancient Egypt'' ( Everyman's Library, 2007).

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Arabic-language novels Historical novels Novels by Naguib Mahfouz 1944 novels Novels set in ancient Egypt {{1940s-hist-novel-stub