From Spring 2018 Explore This Issue Umm Ahmed (a story translated from the Arabic and introduced by Raymond Stock) By Naguib Mahfouz From the Spring 2018 Issue Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) was named the 1988 Nobel Laureate of Literature. His story “Umm Ahmed” (pp. 21–34) has never before appeared in an English translation. ← Lesson → Naguib Mahfouz and the Nobel Prize: A Blessing or a Curse?