# Books from Egypt

Al-Azhar Mosque: A thousand years of learning at the heart of Cairo. Writers include Naguib Mahfouz and Nawal El Saadawi. Set in or written from Egypt. First published 1947 to 1975.

## Books

- [Midaq Alley](https://africantales.net/books/midaq-alley), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1947
- [Palace Walk](https://africantales.net/books/palace-walk), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1956
- [Woman at Point Zero](https://africantales.net/books/woman-at-point-zero), Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt, 1975

## See also

- [North African literature](https://africantales.net/regions/north-africa)

Source: https://africantales.net/countries/EGY