ArabLit Quarterly – Football soccer and other countries in the

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ArabLit Quarterly – Football soccer and other countries in theWhen Naguib Mahfouz was a boy, he tells us, two paths lay before him. There was the path of the literature he loved to read and write. He could take that path and become a distinguished author. There was also the path of the football he loved to play and the footballers he admired. He could take that, it was said, and become a member of the Egyptian Olympic football team. As we know, Mahfouz chose the literary path. But many other authors have woven