Other works dealing with his country's politics include The Day the Leader was Killed and The Harafish, though he is better known for social works like Children of Gebelawi and Midaq Alley.  
He was converted to socialism by George Bernard Shaw, though his primary influence came under the tutelage of Salama Musa.  He wrote several fictional indictments of his native country's revolution, including The Thief and the Dogs, The Beggar, and Karnak.  Other works dealing with his country's politics include The Day the Leader was Killed and The Harafish, though he is better known for social works like Children of Gebelawi and Midaq Alley.  The author of such works as Palace Walk and Palace of Desire, FTP, identify this Egyptian author and recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.
He was converted to socialism by George Bernard Shaw, though his primary influence came under the tutelage of Salama Musa.  
Naguib Mahfouz