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His other novels include Al-Lis s wa-al-Kilab/The Thief and the Dogs (1961), Al-Shah h adh/The Beggar (1965), and Miramar/Miramar (1967). He was seriously wounded in a knife attack by Islamic militants outside his home in Cairo in October 1994.