Naguib Mahfouz

The Nobel committee credited Mahfouz, per the official 1988 citation, with having formed 'an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind,' and Nobel's own historical commentary describes his work as central to bringing the modern Arabic novel to maturity.

Sustained an unusually strict daily writing routine across roughly seven decades while working a full-time career in the Egyptian civil service, producing more than 30 novels.

In 1994 he survived a stabbing attack by extremists who objected to the religious allegory in his novel Children of Gebelawi, and continued writing -- adapting to dictation after the attack permanently damaged his writing hand.

He insisted on resuming his regular nightly gatherings with friends and literary figures after the 1994 attack, sustaining his social routine through physical impairment.

Despite official censorship and the controversy that ultimately led to his stabbing, he continued publishing religiously and politically provocative material, including the banned Children of Gebelawi.

Continuing to publish provocative material despite censorship and eventually realized personal danger is the basis for the profile's conflict_tolerance score. Conflict Tolerance