Naguib Mahfous Naguib Mahfous was born in 1911 in a suburb of Cairo and was educated at the Cairo University. Mahfous is the first Arabic language author awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1988). His most famous work: The Cairo Trilogy (开罗三步曲) Naguib Mahfous Naguib Mahfous was born in 1911 in a suburb of Cairo and was educated at the Cairo University. Mahfous is the first Arabic language author awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1988). His most famous work: The Cairo Trilogy (开罗三步曲 )