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- ↑ Farouq Abdeen, Layla (November 2019). "Examining Postmodernism in Günter Grass's Crabwalk and Naguib Mahfouz's Miramar" (PDF). 2nd International Conference on Research in Humanities. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ↑ "Friday Films: 'Miramar,' Based on the Novel by Naguib Mahfouz". ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY. 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
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