Editing Naguib Mahfouz (section)

== Assassination attempt and aftermath ==
The publication of ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' revived the controversy surrounding Mahfouz's novel ''[[Children of Gebelawi]]''. Death threats against Mahfouz followed, including one from the "blind sheikh", Egyptian-born [[Omar Abdel-Rahman]].  Mahfouz was given police protection, but in 1994 an extremist succeeded in attacking the 82-year-old novelist by stabbing him in the neck outside his Cairo home.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5297470.stm|work=BBC News|title=President pays tribute to Mahfouz|date=30 August 2006}}</ref>

He survived, permanently affected by damage to nerves of his right upper limb. Sixteen people were put on a military trial, and two of them received death penalty and eventually hanged. After the incident, Mahfouz was unable to write for more than a few minutes a day and consequently produced fewer and fewer works. Subsequently, he lived under constant bodyguard protection. Finally, in the beginning of 2006, the novel was published in Egypt with a preface written by Ahmad Kamal Aboul-Magd. After the threats, Mahfouz stayed in Cairo with his lawyer, Nabil Mounir Habib. Mahfouz and Mounir would spend most of their time in Mounir's office; Mahfouz used Mounir's library as a reference for most of his books. Mahfouz stayed with Mounir until his death.<ref name="nobelprize">{{cite web|title=Naguib Mahfouz – Biographical|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1988/mahfouz-bio.html|website=nobelprize.org}}</ref><ref name="stock"/>