Home 5 News 5 Dar El Shorouk Denies Monopoly Over Naguib Mahfouz’s Works

Dar El Shorouk Denies Monopoly Over Naguib Mahfouz’s Works

by | Apr 1, 2018 | News

Egypt’s Dar El Shorouk publishing house has denied monopoly over Naguib Mahfouz’s literary work in reaction to demands by several Egyptian intellectuals who asked the publisher to end their monopoly of the copyrights over the Nobel laureate’s works.
A statement by the board Chairman, Ibrahim Al Muallem, revealed that all works of the internationally celebrated author are available in print and electronic formats, and some as audiobooks too, in most major libraries in Egypt and Arab countries. Al Muallem said that Mahfouz’s works are also available on online bookstores like Amazon, Google Books, Vodafone Books, and many others.
Dar El Shorouk has noted that it has never denied readers accessibility to Mahfouz’s books. All his 60 works, including four for young readers are all available. The publisher said that some of Mahfouz’s books were printed 16 times, totaling 650,000 copies, and it has already released 10 audio books by Mahfouz, in the first phase of its plan to release all its books in audio formats.
In an interview with the London-based Asharq Al Awsat newspaper, novelist Egyptian Ibrahim Abdul Majeed said: “The controversy over Mahfouz’s work is a meaningless argument, simply because it has not been 50 years since his death, and hence his literary legacy is not a public property.”
He added that the only one who has the right to transfer the copyright of Mahfouz is his heirs according to the contract between Mahfouz himself and Dar El Shorouk.

Recent News

28Jan
Gurnah Highlights Shared Humanity at SFAL 2025

Gurnah Highlights Shared Humanity at SFAL 2025

One of the highlights of the inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature (SFAL) 2025 was Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah’s captivating Book Talk session on day two. The session, led by Emirati writer Eman Al Yousef, focused on Gurnah’s novel “Afterlives,” probing migration, displacement, and colonial scars in East Africa. Gurnah emphasised how stories entangle […]

23Jan
‘The Little Prince’ Gets a Chinese Adaptation

‘The Little Prince’ Gets a Chinese Adaptation

In a major push into animation, media tech investment firm Stars Collective is partnering with Shanghai-based El Pajaro Pictures to develop, produce and distribute a fresh take on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved classic “The Little Prince.”   “The Little Prince” weaves a poetic tale of a young prince who travels from planet to planet, meeting […]

23Jan
Januškevič Brings Harry Potter to Belarusian Readers

Januškevič Brings Harry Potter to Belarusian Readers

Januškevič Publishing House, a Belarusian publisher now operating from Poland, has successfully obtained the rights to publish J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series in Belarusian. previously, the copyright holders had declined to grant the translation rights on the grounds of international sanctions on Belarus, and of Rowling’s own views on the matter. However, after lengthy negotiations and […]

Related Posts

‘The Little Prince’ Gets a Chinese Adaptation

‘The Little Prince’ Gets a Chinese Adaptation

In a major push into animation, media tech investment firm Stars Collective is partnering with Shanghai-based El Pajaro Pictures to develop, produce and distribute a fresh take on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved classic “The Little Prince.”   “The Little Prince”...

Januškevič Brings Harry Potter to Belarusian Readers

Januškevič Brings Harry Potter to Belarusian Readers

Januškevič Publishing House, a Belarusian publisher now operating from Poland, has successfully obtained the rights to publish J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series in Belarusian. previously, the copyright holders had declined to grant the translation rights on the...

First Sharjah Literature Festival Inaugurated

First Sharjah Literature Festival Inaugurated

Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Book Authority and Honorary President of the Emirates Publishers Association, officially inaugurated the first edition of the Sharjah Literature Festival, held under the esteemed patronage of His Highness Sheikh...

Previous Next
Close
Test Caption
Test Description goes like this

Pin It on Pinterest