A file photo of Nobel prize winner Naguib Mahfouz taken in Cairo October 19, 1988.Egyptian Nobel prize winner for literature and famed novelist Naguib Mahfouz died Wednesday at an Interior Ministry hospital in Cairo at the age of 95, the official MENA news agency reported.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) applauds as Nagib Mahfuz is awarded the highest Egyptian civilian honor, the "Order of the Nile" medal, in Cairo in November 1988.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)