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- ↑ "Profile on Banipal website". Archived from the original on 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ↑ Curriculum vita on Appalachian State University website
- ↑ "Naguib Mahfouz – The Son of Two Civilizations" by Dr. Anders Hallengren, 2003, www.NobelPrize.org
- ↑ "The 2013 Prize". Banipal Trust. January 19, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
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